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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant believed that "a _______________ advance to Atlanta, to Vicksburg, or to any other desired point south" would have been possible, but the advantage was not pressed.
(a) Bloodless.
(b) Bloody.
(c) Silent.
(d) Quick.

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

3. Grant reported in September at the ________________ Barracks in St. Louis.
(a) Adams.
(b) Washington.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Harrison.

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) His skill as a rider.
(b) The medical care he received right after the accident.
(c) The softness of the rain-soaked ground.
(d) The way his horse fell.

5. In Chapter 22, Grant planned to attack Fort Donelson but was hampered by what?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Landslides.
(c) Snow.
(d) Heavy rains.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, Grant's headquarters were moved to ___________ Springs.

2. In Chapter 40, Grant arrived in __________ and was sent on to Louisville, where he met Secretary of War Stanton.

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

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

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

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