1. 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) Die for his country.
(c) Be a school teacher.
(d) Serve.

2. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?
(a) Going to medical school.
(b) Taking over his family's business.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Teaching.

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

4. Davis had orders that Grant would return to St. Louis where Grant discovered that he was to take command of what?
(a) The large district in Missouri and Illinois.
(b) The large district in Illinois.
(c) The large district in Illinois and Indiana.
(d) The large district in Missouri and Nebraska.

5. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?
(a) General Peterson.
(b) General Jackson.
(c) General Davies.
(d) General Scott.

Short Answer Questions

1. The military moved to Vera Cruz where the Americans beat at the city's walls until General ____________, the commander of the city, surrendered and General Scott's forces moved into the city.

2. Who taunted Grant?

3. Lincoln called for volunteers and Grant joined, taking control of what?

4. Who was Nicholas P. Trist?

5. How does Grant feel about his involvement in the Mexican War?

(see the answer key)

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