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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. Grant cited the nature of the fort's commander and predicted what?
(a) Quite a bit of opposition.
(b) A great deal of opposition.
(c) Little opposition.
(d) No opposition.

2. Grant said the Confederate troops were driven steadily back and eventually retreated. Grant said the victory was cinched by the arrival of whom?
(a) General Robert E. Lee.
(b) General George Washington.
(c) General W.H.L. Wallace.
(d) General Albert Sidney Johnston.

3. Who was Nicholas P. Trist?
(a) A U.S. soldier who was a POW in Mexico.
(b) A U.S. representative charged with negotiating a peace treaty.
(c) A Christian missionary who translated during the peace treaty.
(d) A U.S. civilian who risked his life to get important information to Grant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Grant object to attending West Point?

2. Ulysses S. Grant's mother was ______________ and her family was from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and he knew little about her parentage.

3. Grant's situation changed yet again and he assumed the role of district commander in ______ Tennessee.

4. The move was prompted, in part, by the proximity of whom?

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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