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

2. 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) The war.
(b) Southern women.
(c) The places he had seen.
(d) The army uniform.

3. Did Grant dwell on the duel he saw?
(a) Yes, he spent a great deal of time replaying the duel.
(b) No, he talked mostly about the impact of the duel on his own thoughts.
(c) No, he talked mostly about the impact of the duel on the family members of those involved in a duel.
(d) No, he hardly mentions the duel or its effect on him.

4. 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 was not willing to give up control.
(b) He wanted to beat the Union soldiers.
(c) There was no one to take over.
(d) The wound was not severe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant described the unrest of the nation in the winter of _______________.

2. Where was Grant born?

3. Eventually, Grant was ordered to San Francisco. When Grant's uniform first arrived, he put it on and went out in public. Why?

4. In Chapter 24, Grant arrived with the army at ________________.

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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