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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, states continued to secede from the Union and the Civil War broke out in ________ of 1861.
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) June.

2. Grant's time at West Point and in the military meant that he knew who?
(a) Many of the other long-term military men from both sides of the Civil War.
(b) Foreign military leaders.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) Many Union military leaders.

3. Grant's father, Jesse R. Grant, was the ________ son of his family.
(a) First.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

4. On a Friday, Grant took a fall with his horse and was injured, though not as seriously as he might have been because of what?
(a) The medical care he received right after the accident.
(b) His skill as a rider.
(c) The way his horse fell.
(d) The softness of the rain-soaked ground.

5. Grant's situation changed yet again and he assumed the role of district commander in ______ Tennessee.
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A Confederate officer later said that he'd pointed Grant out to his men, saying that they were welcome to shoot him. Did anyone shoot at him?

3. Rosecrans wanted to pursue farther than Jonesboro but Grant, believing what, ordered him back?

4. ______________ fell on Grant and left him painfully bruised and swollen.

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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