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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 28, Grant described the battle of _________. Grant said that he wasn't pleased with the results.
(a) Linus.
(b) Lexington.
(c) Luka.
(d) Linville.

2. As Grant made the journey, he encountered a Union loyalist, Mr. ___________, who said there were Confederates in the area and that a neighbor, a Southern sympathizer, was certain to report Grant's presence.
(a) De Loche.
(b) De Vane.
(c) De Long.
(d) De Rosa.

3. In Chapter 44, Grant described the actual battle. Grant knew that the Confederate Commander ___________ was among those facing the Union Army.
(a) Beauregard.
(b) Longstreet.
(c) Bragg.
(d) Early.

4. Grant appointed ______________ commander of the cavalry, believing that body of the military had been underutilized to that point.
(a) Sheridan.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Garland.
(d) Harney.

5. In Chapter 29, troops supporting Grant at Corinth were moved out and Grant said it put him in the unenviable position of being what?
(a) Confused.
(b) On the offensive.
(c) On the defensive.
(d) Outnumbered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Grant know everything there was to know about the war being waged in Mexico?

2. Grant described the details of the first raid of the cavalry under _________________ command.

3. In Chapter 31, Grant's headquarters were moved to ___________ Springs.

4. After Grant enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Civil War, the women of Galena asked him to describe what in detail?

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

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