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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of New York.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the British learn after mastering the skill of marching?
(a) Reconnaissance.
(b) Hand-to-hand combat.
(c) Physical exercise.
(d) Use of weapons.

2. At what rate does the Hessian army expand?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Steadily.
(c) Very rapidly.
(d) Somewhat quickly.

3. If a Hessian soldier misbehaves, who else suffers the same consequences?
(a) Fellow troops in his squad.
(b) Fellow troops in his regiment.
(c) Fellow members in his family.
(d) Fellow citizens of his home village or town.

4. The first chapter, "The Rebels," foreshadows which battles?
(a) Merely sea battles.
(b) No battles.
(c) Every battle.
(d) The biggest.

5. Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe are stationed in the Colonies by whose orders?
(a) The British Secretary of War.
(b) The British King.
(c) The British House of Commons.
(d) The British Parliment.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, what is it that haunts General William Howe about the Battle at Bunker Hill, which is eventually won by the British?

2. What is a big issue facing the American rebels?

3. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?

4. Why do the British opt not to hire the Hessian army to serve in the Colonies long before the American Revolution?

5. In the first chapter, "The Rebels," the author foreshadows upcoming events by initially using what term?

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