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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ fell on Grant and left him painfully bruised and swollen.
(a) A wall.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cart.
(d) A building.

2. In Chapter 52, Grant detailed the battle at the Courthouse at _______________. Grant sent a letter to Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff of the Army in Washington, outlining the casualties which he said probably approached twenty thousand Union troops and included eleven generals.
(a) Charleston.
(b) Pine Bluff.
(c) Spotsylvania.
(d) Appomattox.

3. Grant received orders from General Halleck to change his position, but Grant did not. Why did he not obey?
(a) Grant does not take orders from anyone.
(b) Halleck is a poor leader.
(c) Grant had already put his own plans in motion.
(d) Halleck's orders would be different if he knew the army's current situation.

4. In Chapter 51, Grant looked back on the battle. He said the Union forces were commended for their ability to ___________________, then performing as a unit.
(a) Cross a stream in close proximity to the Confederate troops.
(b) Hide silently for many hours.
(c) Come upon the Confederates quietly.
(d) Create a large trench.

5. In Chapter 24, Grant arrived with the army at ________________.
(a) Philadelphia Landing.
(b) Pennsylvania Landing.
(c) Paden's Landing.
(d) Pittsburg Landing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Grant arrived in San Francisco and said there were many there seeking what?

2. The army clashed with Lee's forces at the Battle of ________________, and Grant noted that there were dead and wounded left in a large, wooded area. When the woods caught on fire, there was no way to reach the wounded and those unable to drag themselves away died there.

3. In Chapter 17, states continued to secede from the Union and the Civil War broke out in ________ of 1861.

4. Grant believed that "a _______________ advance to Atlanta, to Vicksburg, or to any other desired point south" would have been possible, but the advantage was not pressed.

5. Grant described the complicated maneuvering it took to establish a siege of ______________.

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