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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant noted that the fifty-dollar gold pieces were not government issue but were common in the area and were called what?
(a) Slugs.
(b) Slinks.
(c) Chunks.
(d) Pounds.

2. On a Friday, Grant took a fall with his horse and was injured, though not as seriously as he might have been because of what?
(a) The medical care he received right after the accident.
(b) His skill as a rider.
(c) The way his horse fell.
(d) The softness of the rain-soaked ground.

3. The following May, Grant moved to Galena, Illinois, where he began working as what in his father's store?
(a) A clerk.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A goldsmith.
(d) A cobbler.

4. Grant reported in September at the ________________ Barracks in St. Louis.
(a) Washington.
(b) Adams.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Jefferson.

5. In Chapter 14, Grant married who?
(a) Jamie Deveraux.
(b) Julia Dent.
(c) Jill Dennison.
(d) Jennifer DeVane.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, Grant attended ________________ and said he didn't understand why people enjoyed the sport.

2. Eventually, Grant was ordered to San Francisco. When Grant's uniform first arrived, he put it on and went out in public. Why?

3. Did Grant believe that he would be brave enough to fight a duel?

4. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?

5. The military moved to Vera Cruz where the Americans beat at the city's walls until General ____________, the commander of the city, surrendered and General Scott's forces moved into the city.

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