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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. Grant described the unrest of the nation in the winter of _______________.
(a) 1860-1861.
(b) 1859-1860.
(c) 1862-1863.
(d) 1861-1862.

2. Grant talked about the Indians, saying that the trades between Indians and whites had originally been done in ___________, but business had moved to silver half-dollars.
(a) Gold.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Pelts.

3. Grant reported in September at the ________________ Barracks in St. Louis.
(a) Harrison.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Washington.
(d) Adams.

4. 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?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Serve.
(c) Be a school teacher.
(d) Die for his country.

5. Grant's father, Jesse R. Grant, was the ________ son of his family.
(a) Sixth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, the Union troops advanced on _____________, Mississippi, and soon reported that the city had been captured.

2. In Chapter 22, Grant planned to attack Fort Donelson but was hampered by what?

3. Where was Grant born?

4. Why did Grant object to attending West Point?

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

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