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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. When does the Corporal want the soldiers to arrive at the house where the Hessians are?
(a) At dawn.
(b) At high noon.
(c) At midnight.
(d) At nightfall.

2. How many people does Jonathan see around the campfire?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

3. What do the Hessians force Jonathan to do when they first find the house?
(a) Go inside first.
(b) Lock himself in the shed.
(c) Hide under the porch.
(d) Stay outside as a guard.

4. What is in the box that the boy points out to Jonathan in the house?
(a) A sack and a blanket.
(b) A gun.
(c) A toy.
(d) Money.

5. What does the old Hessian do to Jonathan in the house at night time?
(a) Ties Jonathan's ankle to his own.
(b) Ties Jonathan's wrist to his own.
(c) Ties Jonathan's wrists.
(d) Ties Jonathan's ankle to a chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the boy's parents buried?

2. What does Jonathan decide to do while the Hessians are asleep in the house?

3. What does the Corporal yell to the Hessians from outside the house?

4. What does Jonathan feel guilty about at the campfire?

5. How does Jonathan begin to find his way once he has left the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the young Hessian recite a prayer over the grave of two Americans?

2. In what way does Jonathan begin to see the Corporal differently when the man wakes him up at the campfire?

3. Why is it important to Jonathan to know whether the Hessians killed the boy's parents?

4. Why does Jonathan think he sees himself from the day before when he returns home?

5. When one of the soldiers urges Jonathan toward the house where the Hessians are sleeping, reassuring him that nothing will happen to him, what does this reveal about how Jonathan's experience has made him different from the other men?

6. What does the Corporal's reaction to Jonathan and the boy's appearance at the campfire reveal about his character?

7. What is the significance of Jonathan's telling the Corporal that he wants to go home, and the Corporal telling him that he's needed?

8. How do the Hessians treat Jonathan when he is trying to save their lives?

9. In what way does untying himself from the sleeping Hessian represent a change in Jonathan?

10. What is the significance of Jonathan smashing the borrowed gun to pieces in a fit of rage?

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