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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What morbid premonition of Abigail's comes true in July of 1777?
(a) Her sister dies
(b) Their home is torched
(c) She delivers a stillborn daughter
(d) John is taken prisoner

2. What does Adams vow after the signing of the document?
(a) To go back to practicing law
(b) To never be away from Abigail that long again
(c) To learn to speak as many foreign languages as possible
(d) To move to Europe

3. What serious illness strikes Adams during his time in Holland?
(a) Swine flu
(b) Nervous fever
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Chicken Pox

4. In what city was the Declaration of Independence approved?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) Boston
(c) Trenton
(d) New York

5. Which of the delegates led a movement to reconcile with England?
(a) John Penn
(b) John Hancock
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) John Dickinson

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Adams say depended on Congress' decision to split from England?

2. What event occurred in May of 1765 that enraged the colonists?

3. To what town does Adams move his family in 1771?

4. Who is succeeding Benjamin Franklin as minister to France?

5. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?

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