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

2. Who taunted Grant?
(a) The governor of California.
(b) A ragged child.
(c) Another soldier.
(d) Most people with whom Grant came into contact in San Francisco.

3. In Chapter 24, Grant arrived with the army at ________________.
(a) Pittsburg Landing.
(b) Philadelphia Landing.
(c) Paden's Landing.
(d) Pennsylvania Landing.

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

5. Grant built a house and sought to make a living from what?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Teaching at a local school.
(c) The land.
(d) Owning a general store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant's father, Jesse R. Grant, was the ________ son of his family.

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

3. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?

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

5. In Chapter 14, Grant married who?

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