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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nine days later, Grant wrote another letter to Thomas, this time demanding that Thomas do what?
(a) Take cover.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Attack.
(d) Surrender.

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

3. 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.

4. Grant told Sherman in that letter that there were no specific directions forthcoming but urged that he do what?
(a) Create new plans.
(b) Keep to the general plan.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Ask for specific directions.

5. The Confederates attacked a section of the Union forces repeatedly but were turned away each time, and Grant noted what about the Confederates?
(a) They were unskilled.
(b) They paid heavily in casualties.
(c) They had very little training.
(d) They were ruthless.

6. 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.
(a) Appomattox.
(b) Spotsylvania.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Pine Bluff.

7. A change in what alerted Grant that there was likely to be a change in tactics, a fact that was soon proven true?
(a) Confederate commanders.
(b) Union commanders.
(c) Confederate capitals.
(d) Confederate Presidents.

8. 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.

9. 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?
(a) The women learned the fate of their loved ones.
(b) It was typical in those days to share misinformation, whether by design to keep Confederate loyalties intact or to promote morale.
(c) The women did not believe Grant.
(d) The women did not want to be reminded of the Confederate's possible defeat.

10. In what role did Grant meet Lincoln for the first time?
(a) He was Lieutenant General in command of the Union Army.
(b) He was Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Union Army.
(c) He was General in command of the Union Army.
(d) He was Commander-in-Chief in command of the Union Army.

11. The army clashed with Lee's forces at the Battle of ________________, and Grant noted that there were dead and wounded left in a large, wooded area. When the woods caught on fire, there was no way to reach the wounded and those unable to drag themselves away died there.
(a) The Bulge.
(b) The Wilderness.
(c) Chalk Bluff.
(d) The Marne.

12. Grant described the complicated maneuvering it took to establish a siege of ______________.
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Strongsville.
(c) Philiipsburg.
(d) Petersburg.

13. In Chapter 43, Grant described the various points of attack, including that of Sherman at a place called ___________ Ridge.
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Montgomery.

14. What was one reason why the South was in chaos?
(a) They had lived for years with the absence of all the able-bodied men.
(b) There were few women left for the men to marry.
(c) They had too many men and not enough jobs.
(d) They had won the war.

15. When Lee's forces were discovered, what did Grant learn?
(a) He had many injured soldiers.
(b) He'd chosen a place to stand and fight that gave him the tactical advantage.
(c) He was in need of reinforcements.
(d) He was planning to resign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant was assigned to command the Military Division of _________________.

2. 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.

3. In Chapter 51, Grant looked back on the battle. He said the Union forces were commended for their ability to ___________________, then performing as a unit.

4. Were the talks successful?

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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