Characters
Who Said That?
Chapter Questions
Geography
German
100
The main character of The Fighting Ground by Avi.
Who is Jonathan?
100
"Just find out! Then come on back! You hear?"
Who is Jonathan's mother?
100
Jonathan
What is the name of the main character?
100
State in which the story takes place.
What is New Jersey?
100
Siehst du was?
What is "Do you see anything?"
200
He helped Jonathan dig the grave.
Who is the young Hessian soldier?
200
"Have I got your word of honor you'll bring it back?"
Who is the tavern keeper?
200
Revolutionary War
What war is the main character eager to fight in?
200
River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
What is the Delaware River?
200
Wir haben uns verirrt.
What is "We're lost."
300
He was found alone in a barn.
Who is the boy?
300
"Surrender! You're surrounded."
Who is the Corporal?
300
thirteeen
How old is Jonathan?
300
Town where the 13 soldiers and the Corporal went immediately after leaving the tavern.
What is Pennington?
300
Fertig?
What is "finished?"
400
He smokes a pipe.
Who is the old Hessian soldier?
400
"What have I done?" "Were all the others caught and a I, alone, still free?" ""Why did the rest run?"
Who is Jonathan?
400
He's afraid and he doesn't like the idea of war because he was injured in another war.
How does Jonathan's father feel about the war?
400
Town from where extra soldiers were supposedly coming to reinforce the Corporal and his men.
What is Snydertown?
400
Los, beeil dich!
What is "Come on, hurry up!"
500
He is a soldier with General Washington in Pennsylvania.
Who is Jonathan's older brother?
500
"Do not worry. I will take him to my house. I shall, perhaps, if possible, seek to find that brother of his . . . "
Who is the Frenchman (American patriot soldier)?
500
No one answers him and he figures no one knows the answers.
Why does Jonathan stop asking questions?
500
The site of the "fighting ground."
What is Rocktown?
500
Los er macht vor Angst in die Hosen.
What is "He's so scared he's making his pants."