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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. Where was Grant born?
(a) Conneaut, Ohio.
(b) Point Pleasant, Ohio.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Bowling Green, Ohio.

2. Grant planned to do a short stint in the military before doing what?
(a) Going to medical school.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Taking over his family's business.

3. Grant noted that the fifty-dollar gold pieces were not government issue but were common in the area and were called what?
(a) Pounds.
(b) Slinks.
(c) Chunks.
(d) Slugs.

4. Lincoln said that his lack of what was a problem?
(a) Military expertise.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Political expertise.
(d) Education.

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?
(a) Chicago.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Springfield.
(d) Santa Fe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The assault on the town that is the answer to #82 resulted in ______________ losses.

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

3. What does Grant say about a fight at Molino del Rey?

4. Grant described the unrest of the nation in the winter of _______________.

5. In Chapter 34, the Union troops captured Port ____________. Grant was accompanied by his thirteen-year-old son.

(see the answer key)

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