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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant was assigned to command the Military Division of _________________.
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Tennessee.

2. In Chapter 40, Grant arrived in __________ and was sent on to Louisville, where he met Secretary of War Stanton.
(a) Cairo.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) London.

3. General Burnside found himself in distress for what?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Rations.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Housing.

4. 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 animal.
(b) The fur.
(c) An arm.
(d) A leg.

5. Grant pointed out that Lee was careful not to show what?
(a) Any emotion.
(b) His anger.
(c) His face.
(d) His rank.

6. The ladies had, until Grant received communiqués from his commanders and read them in front of the ladies, believed what?
(a) The Southern armies were beating the Union and were on the verge of winning the war.
(b) The Confederates had surrendered.
(c) The Northern armies were beating the Confederates and were on the verge of winning the war.
(d) The two armies had come to a truce.

7. On May 22, Grant issued orders that scouts be sent out in search of what?
(a) Shelter.
(b) The Confederate forces.
(c) Other Union troops.
(d) Food.

8. On ____________ 7, 1865, Grant sent Lee a note, saying further fighting would be useless and urging an end to the war.
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) January.

9. The Union tried to secure railroads in areas they controlled but the Confederates managed to do what anyway?
(a) Take over the tracks.
(b) Hijack trains.
(c) Destroy tracks.
(d) Reroute trains.

10. The Union troops left behind in ______________ were called on to defend the city from invading Confederate soldiers.
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington.

11. One of Grant's commanders, General _______________, arrived at a house where Grant was seated on the verandah. The house belonged to Confederate loyalists and Grant was simply waiting there to watch the advance of his men.
(a) Twiggs.
(b) Scott.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Meade.

12. In one of those letters, Grant urged Thomas to attack whose rebel forces in Nashville or risk losing the ground he'd gained as far as Chattanooga?
(a) Hood's.
(b) Alexander's.
(c) Pickett's.
(d) Garnett's.

13. Grant said there was __________ about the campaign to rouse criticism from him.
(a) Much.
(b) Some.
(c) Little.
(d) Nothing.

14. In Chapter 55, the troops under Sheridan's command advanced on __________ Harbor but the Confederates, knowing that the position was one of tactical importance to the Union Army, were determined to hold it.
(a) Cold.
(b) Blue.
(c) Sun.
(d) Sea.

15. Grant said that if the Confederates had time to rest, what would happen?
(a) The Union would grow fatigued.
(b) They would be victorious.
(c) They could be attacked while resting.
(d) It would inevitably draw out the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant described the details of the first raid of the cavalry under _________________ command.

2. Grant described the men posted at the edge of the river at Chattanooga and said they were accustomed to seeing what?

3. In Chapter 52, Grant detailed the battle at the Courthouse at _______________. Grant sent a letter to Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff of the Army in Washington, outlining the casualties which he said probably approached twenty thousand Union troops and included eleven generals.

4. In Chapter 59, Grant stepped back in time to _____________ and described Sherman's "march to the sea". Grant telegraphed Sherman in early that month, urging that Sherman continue to press the Southern troops.

5. On another occasion, Grant saw a man drawing water from a tree that had fallen in the river and questioned him before discovering what?

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