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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 59 through Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 38, why did the siege end?
(a) No soldiers on either side were healthy enough to continue fighting.
(b) The Northerns called for a truce.
(c) The Confederates called for a truce.
(d) A torrential rain began that made it impossible to continue fighting.

2. Grant received orders from General Halleck to change his position, but Grant did not. Why did he not obey?
(a) Halleck's orders would be different if he knew the army's current situation.
(b) Grant does not take orders from anyone.
(c) Grant had already put his own plans in motion.
(d) Halleck is a poor leader.

3. In Chapter 30, Grant described the battle at Vicksburg and Sherman's advance along the ___________ River.
(a) White.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Chattahoochee.

4. In Chapter 13, Grant attended ________________ and said he didn't understand why people enjoyed the sport.
(a) A cockfight.
(b) A dogfight.
(c) Boxing.
(d) A bullfight.

5. Grant noted after the surrender of Vicksburg that the men taken prisoner did what regarding the Union Army?
(a) They ignored them.
(b) They talked and mingled with them.
(c) They begged them to let them go free.
(d) They teased and taunted them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 69, Grant described the capture of Jefferson Davis and the surrender of General _____________.

2. Who taunted Grant?

3. In Chapter 49, Sherman advanced into Georgia and the siege of ______________ was outlined.

4. In Chapter 33, Grant set up a supply depot at Perkins' plantation and described a sense of what?

5. Rosecrans wanted to pursue farther than Jonesboro but Grant, believing what, ordered him back?

(see the answer key)

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