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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ulysses S. Grant's mother was ______________ and her family was from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and he knew little about her parentage.
(a) Hillary Scott.
(b) Hannah Simpson.
(c) Harriet Smith.
(d) Henrietta Sawyer.

2. How does Grant describe the civilians at Monterey?
(a) Worried.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Shy.

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

4. He described breaking ________ for working with the military.
(a) Cows.
(b) Horses.
(c) Mules.
(d) Donkeys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Nicholas P. Trist?

2. Who taunted Grant?

3. Why did Grant object to attending West Point?

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

5. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?

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