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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the Corporal reveal about the boy's dead parents?
(a) They were Hessians.
(b) They were innocent civilians.
(c) They were Tories.
(d) They were not really his parents.
2. What do the men at the campfire give Jonathan to eat?
(a) Mush.
(b) Soup.
(c) Beans.
(d) Johnnycake.
3. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?
(a) Ties Jonathan's wrists.
(b) Ties Jonathan's ankle to a chair.
(c) Ties Jonathan's ankle to his own.
(d) Ties Jonathan's wrist to his own.
4. What does the Corporal tell the men who ask what they're going to do with the Hessians?
(a) They're going to take them prisoner.
(b) They're going to kill them.
(c) They're going to let them go free.
(d) He doesn't say.
5. What food do the Hessians find in the house they discover?
(a) A wedge of cheese.
(b) A tin of beans.
(c) A basket of eggs.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jonathan learn at the campfire about the boy's family?
2. Why does the Corporal tell Jonathan to retrieve his gun after the battle with the Hessians at the house?
3. How long is it after Jonathan leaves the house at night that he sees a light?
4. What do the American soldiers do once Jonathan has shut himself inside the house?
5. What is surprising about the Corporal's voice when he awakens Jonathan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Jonathan smashing the borrowed gun to pieces in a fit of rage?
2. In what way does Jonathan begin to see the Corporal differently when the man wakes him up at the campfire?
3. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?
4. What event causes Jonathan to reassess whether the Hessians are his friends or his enemies as he milks the cow?
5. In what way does untying himself from the sleeping Hessian represent a change in Jonathan?
6. What connection does Jonathan make between the death of his father's friend in battle and the death of the boy's parents at the hands of the Corporal?
7. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?
8. When Jonathan starts to protest the Corporal's orders, explaining that the Hessians "didn't hurt me," what effect does the Corporal's response have on him?
9. Why does the young Hessian insist on digging the grave on his own?
10. Why does Jonathan risk his life and the boy's by bringing the boy to the Hessians?
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