Q 01/05

Which battle, the biggest of the entire war, does Nate survive in I Survived the American Revolution, 1776?

A) Saratoga

B) Brooklyn

C) Yorktown

D) Trenton

Answer · why

B) Brooklyn

Brooklyn hosted the fight historians also call the Battle of Long Island, which at the time was by far the largest battle ever fought in North America...

Q 02/05

In I Survived the American Revolution, 1776, what are the German soldiers hired by Britain's king called?

A) Minutemen

B) Redcoats

C) Hessians

D) Grenadiers

Answer · why

C) Hessians

Hessians took their name from the German states of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Hanau, where most of them came from, and their first fight in America came i...

Q 03/05

Which song, meant by the British as an insult, do the soldiers sing in I Survived the American Revolution, 1776?

A) Yankee Doodle

B) Free America

C) Hail, Columbia

D) The Liberty Song

Answer · why

A) Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle was sung by British troops to mock colonial soldiers as simpletons, and it is now the official state song of Connecticut, the home of Na...

Q 04/05

Which deadly disease does Nate help the soldier James recover from in I Survived the American Revolution, 1776?

A) Typhus

B) Scurvy

C) Yellow fever

D) Smallpox

Answer · why

D) Smallpox

Smallpox had already killed Nate's mother, yet he could nurse James safely because he had lived through the illness himself and could not catch it a s...

Q 05/05

Which American general, hated by Nate's uncle Storch, visits the camp in I Survived the American Revolution, 1776?

A) Marquis de Lafayette

B) Henry Knox

C) George Washington

D) Israel Putnam

Answer · why

C) George Washington

George Washington, tall and wearing a blue uniform, speaks to the men the night before the battle; Storch despises him because Storch sides with Brita...