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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which command did Washington allow to become semi-autonomous?
(a) Northern.
(b) Southern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Western.

2. Washington believed he was cheated out of a victory at the Battle of Monmouth by which person?
(a) Thomas Conway.
(b) Lord Cornwallis.
(c) General Howe.
(d) General Lee.

3. What happened to the greatest combat general when attacking Quebec?
(a) He was left behind.
(b) He retreated.
(c) He was wounded.
(d) He was killed.

4. What did Washington understand about the American people regarding British control?
(a) The American people should have supported Spain.
(b) The American people could not remain under this control.
(c) The American people were good partners with the British.
(d) The American people were content.

5. Who did Washington leave in charge at the battle at New York City?
(a) Brigadier General Thomas Conway.
(b) General Howe.
(c) Major General John Sullivan.
(d) Thomas Mifflin.

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

7. How did Washington's wife react to Washington's new role as head of the Continental Army?
(a) Was upset and reluctantly supported Washington.
(b) Told George that he was on his own.
(c) United with Washington to help the revolutionary effort.
(d) Told George's mother and she stopped him from fighting.

8. When Washington was named head of the Continental Army, how did he feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Unprepared.
(c) Ready to fight.
(d) Prepared.

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

10. Who was Charles Lee?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A British military officer.
(c) An attorney.
(d) A British immigrant and military genius.

11. What was Washington's estate known as?
(a) Washington Estates.
(b) Washington Acres.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Mount Washington.

12. Where did Washington get his reading material?
(a) Imported it from Italy.
(b) Imported it from Germany.
(c) Imported it from Japan.
(d) Imported it from England.

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

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

15. What cash crop did Washington rely on for the most profit?
(a) Corn.
(b) Sugar cane.
(c) Beans.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Thomas Mifflin?

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

3. What year did the Second Continental Congress meet?

4. What document, written by Thomas Paine, renewed patriotic enthusiasm?

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

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