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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A French Bombshell, Trouble All Around, A Tragic Departure and Opposite Hands Across the Ocean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Washington have surgery in 1789?
(a) A broken bone.
(b) Gallbladder.
(c) A tumor.
(d) A war injury.

2. What year did the First Continental Congress meet?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1773.
(d) 1776.

3. Who did Washington appoint to the position of Attorney General?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Henry Knox.
(c) Edmund Randolph.
(d) John Jay.

4. To whom did Washington sell his extra produce?
(a) Merchants in Philadelphia.
(b) Merchants in Alexandria.
(c) Oliver Evans.
(d) The British.

5. Who died on the day Washington began his vacation in 1781?
(a) Daniel Parke Custis.
(b) Martha Washington.
(c) John Parke Custis.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which area of the U.S. did Washington tour in April of 1791?

2. Which country was nearing a revolution that might cause some foreign affairs issues?

3. Who objected to Washington's participation in military activities?

4. Where did Washington get his reading material?

5. Who was appointed to succeed Jefferson as Secretary of State?

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