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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes Congress to flee from Philadelphia?
(a) The Battle of Bunker Hill
(b) The Battle of Brandywine Creek
(c) A smallpox epidemic
(d) The Battle of Saratoga

2. Why did John Adams go to Philadelphia in 1774?
(a) To attend the First Continental Congress
(b) To enroll his son in law school
(c) To visit his cousin
(d) To sign the Declaration of Independence

3. With whom do Adams and George Washington meet in January of 1776?
(a) Caughnawaga Indians
(b) Shawnee Indians
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) King George

4. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?
(a) The Battle of Bunker Hill
(b) The king has recalled them
(c) They ran out of tea
(d) Illness is running rampant

5. ____________________ is eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."
(a) Adams
(b) Washington
(c) Jefferson
(d) Franklin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the captain of the ship taking Adams to Europe?

2. Who summons Adams to Paris to sign a peace treaty?

3. What is the name of John Adams' wife?

4. What is Abigail's perception of New York?

5. Which was the only element of the Adamses house not in need of desperate tending?

(see the answer key)

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