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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Retreat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Americans' intelligence methodology work better than it had in New York?
(a) Boston.
(b) Harpers Ferry.
(c) Hudson River Valley.
(d) Harlem.

2. Following their confrontation in November, 1776, near the New Jersey shoreline on the Hudson River, where does General Cornwallis instruct his troops to follow the Americans?
(a) Back to Philadelphia.
(b) Down to Baltimore.
(c) Clear across the state.
(d) North to Boston.

3. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?
(a) Hessian only.
(b) All opposed to the Americans.
(c) British only.
(d) Canadian.

4. "Washington's Crossing" details each battle fought from Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, Fort Lee, Trenton, and ultimately where?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Appotomax.

5. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1777.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the British depart, Washington marches through what town with his troops and is hailed as a hero?

2. The author believes that, as the Americans mature as a cohesive unit, they will eventually see the benefits of what?

3. What do the British learn after mastering the skill of marching?

4. The British military is very organized and feels training makes a significant contribution to what?

5. Although the Colonists do not win this episode, after what incident does General William Howe come to believe the British will lose the war?

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