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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. The military regiment left Corpus Christi and Grant was promoted to ______________.
(a) Second Lieutenant.
(b) First Lieutenant.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel.
(d) Lieutenant General.

2. In Chapter 14, Grant married who?
(a) Jamie Deveraux.
(b) Jennifer DeVane.
(c) Julia Dent.
(d) Jill Dennison.

3. In Chapter 18, Grant left Galena as commander of the _______ Regiment.
(a) 8th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 21st.

4. 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.

5. In Chapter 39, Grant outlined a plan to assault ___________ that was eventually vetoed.
(a) Lexington.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Grant arrived in San Francisco and said there were many there seeking what?

2. As Grant made the journey, he encountered a Union loyalist, Mr. ___________, who said there were Confederates in the area and that a neighbor, a Southern sympathizer, was certain to report Grant's presence.

3. Grant was sent to Ironton, Missouri, and eventually on to Jefferson City. While there, he met who for the first time?

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

5. Grant said the Confederate troops were driven steadily back and eventually retreated. Grant said the victory was cinched by the arrival of whom?

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