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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information did Grant give of the dead and wounded?
(a) Causes of death or injury.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Where these men were located.
(d) Descriptions of injuries.

2. What did the loyalists soon begin to float on rafts down the river to the Union men?
(a) Letters.
(b) Provisions.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Confederate captives.

3. Were the talks successful?
(a) No.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Yes, but not immediately.
(d) Yes, immediately.

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

5. 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 Northern armies were beating the Confederates and were on the verge of winning the war.
(c) The Confederates had surrendered.
(d) The two armies had come to a truce.

6. In Chapter 65, Grant described the battle at _________ Forks and the battles leading up to the final march on Petersburg.
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

7. In Chapter 67, Grant described the peace negotiations at ________________ and the terms of surrender that came from that meeting.
(a) Appomattox.
(b) Arkansas Post.
(c) Adairsville.
(d) Athens.

8. In Chapter 60, Grant wrote to Major General Thomas from Grant's headquarters in City Point, _______________, in early December.
(a) Virginia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Maryland.

9. In Chapter 41, Grant toured the area and the first order of business was to do what?
(a) Create a workable supply line.
(b) Recruit more volunteers.
(c) Find a place to camp.
(d) Create more comfortable living conditions for the soldiers.

10. Grant wrote a lengthy letter outlining a new plan to move all the Union troops how?
(a) In tandem to a central goal.
(b) Toward several different goals.
(c) In several different ways.
(d) In opposite directions and campaigns.

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Pickett's.
(b) Garnett's.
(c) Hood's.
(d) Alexander's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each man carried ________ days' supply of food in addition to what was being hauled. As a wagon was emptied, it returned to a base camp where it was again filled with the same load and returned to the army camps.

2. Grant told a story about __________ that he said epitomized the man's character.

3. How was Grant dressed at the end of the war?

4. On May 22, Grant issued orders that scouts be sent out in search of what?

5. In Chapter 45, Grant was moved to ____________ and established a headquarters there.

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