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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Road Turns Upward, Hope Abroad and Bankruptcy at Home and Enter a French Army.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Washington buy his best clothes?
(a) Countries abroad.
(b) A local store near Mount Vernon.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) A local store in Virginia.

2. In 1755, which general enlisted Washington to navigate a path in the Ohio Valley?
(a) Horatio Gates.
(b) Robert Lee.
(c) Edward Braddock.
(d) Anthony Wayne.

3. What did Washington enjoy reading?
(a) Fiction novels.
(b) Agricultural manuals.
(c) Horse and buggy manuals.
(d) Non-fiction novels.

4. What did Washington invent after determining the amount of grains in a bushel of timothy?
(a) A plow.
(b) A buggy.
(c) A sander.
(d) A tractor.

5. Who realized that " Washington's magic was still so great that Congress would not vote to discharge him"?
(a) Cornwallis.
(b) Mifflin.
(c) Conway.
(d) Gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Washington believe the war would be won?

2. Which city's merchants established a paper money system that would not depreciate?

3. Which group was the main concern as Lt. Dinwiddie led the "Ohio Company" to the north?

4. What city did George Washington and Count de Rochambeau meet in on September 20, 1780?

5. What did Washington warn his troops about as he settled them into their winter quarters?

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