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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 25, Grant said Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was wounded at Shiloh and, refusing to give up his command because _________________, remained on his horse until he was so weak from loss of blood that he died.
(a) He wanted to beat the Union soldiers.
(b) He was not willing to give up control.
(c) There was no one to take over.
(d) The wound was not severe.

2. Grant was sent to Ironton, Missouri, and eventually on to Jefferson City. While there, he met who for the first time?
(a) Colonel Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Colonel Robert E. Lee.
(c) Colonel Jefferson B. Davis.
(d) Colonel Mustard.

3. 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 Illinois and Indiana.
(b) The large district in Illinois.
(c) The large district in Missouri and Illinois.
(d) The large district in Missouri and Nebraska.

4. What does Grant say about a fight at Molino del Rey?
(a) That battle could not have been avoided.
(b) That battle could have been avoided completely.
(c) That battle was worth the many losses.
(d) That battle was useless.

5. 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) Henrietta Sawyer.
(c) Harriet Smith.
(d) Hannah Simpson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, Grant resigned from the military. He and Julia had two children by this time and Grant moved the family to land she owned near what city?

2. He asked for cavalry but was assigned to what?

3. Grant noted that the fifty-dollar gold pieces were not government issue but were common in the area and were called what?

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

5. The following May, Grant moved to Galena, Illinois, where he began working as what in his father's store?

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