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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Grant arrived in San Francisco and said there were many there seeking what?
(a) Work.
(b) New friendships.
(c) Their fortunes in gold.
(d) Lost family members.

2. The assault on the town that is the answer to #82 resulted in ______________ losses.
(a) Tremendous.
(b) Few.
(c) Many.
(d) No.

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

4. The march was grueling and Grant said that everyone had been told to carry only what was necessary, but he saw various items discarded along the way. Why?
(a) Mice had gotten into their packs.
(b) The men were not hungry.
(c) In soldiers' efforts to lighten their loads.
(d) The items had spoiled.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, Grant's troops came under fire for the first time at Belmont and he said they reacted how?

2. A Confederate officer later said that he'd pointed Grant out to his men, saying that they were welcome to shoot him. Did anyone shoot at him?

3. Grant noted after the surrender of Vicksburg that the men taken prisoner did what regarding the Union Army?

4. In Chapter 29, troops supporting Grant at Corinth were moved out and Grant said it put him in the unenviable position of being what?

5. Grant said that the army always created a ___________ fronted with a compilation of wood and dirt whenever they stopped, even if just for the night.

(see the answer key)

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