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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant built a house and sought to make a living from what?
(a) Teaching at a local school.
(b) The land.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Owning a general store.

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

3. The move was prompted, in part, by the proximity of whom?
(a) So many wealthy families.
(b) So many Confederate troops.
(c) So many military families.
(d) So many other experienced commanders.

4. Grant described the men posted at the edge of the river at Chattanooga and said they were accustomed to seeing what?
(a) Confederates getting water from the opposite side of the river.
(b) Soldiers drown in the rough waters.
(c) Many large animals.
(d) Men swim away down the river.

5. Grant had another meeting with Lincoln and when Grant outlined his plan and reason for advancing, Lincoln said that he understood and compared it to a saying he'd heard, "If a man can't skin he must hold ___________ while somebody else does".
(a) The fur.
(b) A leg.
(c) The animal.
(d) An arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant noted that when the ladies learned the truth about the condition of the Confederate Army and that the Union had the upper hand, they began to cry. Besides being upset, why did they cry?

2. What did Grant say that Indians would do because they did not trust store owners to add up multiple purchases?

3. In Chapter 41, Grant toured the area and the first order of business was to do what?

4. In Chapter 29, troops supporting Grant at Corinth were moved out and Grant said it put him in the unenviable position of being what?

5. In Chapter 35, Grant learned that McPherson's campaign was successful and Grant, who was with Sherman's men, pressed the advantage in order to capture who?

(see the answer key)

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