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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Grant married who?
(a) Julia Dent.
(b) Jennifer DeVane.
(c) Jamie Deveraux.
(d) Jill Dennison.

2. In Chapter 21, Grant described the assault and capture of ____________.
(a) Fort Stewart.
(b) Fort Scott.
(c) Fort Henry.
(d) Fort David.

3. How does Grant feel about his involvement in the Mexican War?
(a) He regretted it.
(b) He remembers it fondly.
(c) He does not remember much of it.
(d) He relished in it.

4. Why did Grant object to attending West Point?
(a) He did not want to be in the military.
(b) He feared he could not pass.
(c) He did not want to attend college.
(d) His family did not have the money to send him to West Point.

5. After Grant enlisted in the army at the beginning of the Civil War, the women of Galena asked him to describe what in detail?
(a) Southern women.
(b) The army uniform.
(c) The places he had seen.
(d) The war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?

2. In Chapter 10, the military moved quickly from Vera Cruz to avoid what?

3. During a brief leave to go home, Grant wrote a letter to Adjutant-General Colonel L. Thomas, saying that he'd been educated at the government's expense and now wanted to do what?

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

5. The military regiment left Corpus Christi and Grant was promoted to ______________.

(see the answer key)

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