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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years did Washington want military tours of duty to be?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

2. What did Washington live in fear of daily?
(a) Terminal illness.
(b) Death.
(c) Martha would leave him.
(d) Mutiny.

3. Washington's secret attack strategy was similar to which group?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The French.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The British.

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

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

6. Who did Washington receive fatherly advice from?
(a) John.
(b) William.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Thomas.

7. Who objected to Washington's participation in military activities?
(a) Mary Ball Washington.
(b) Sally Fairfax.
(c) Lord Fairfax.
(d) George Fairfax.

8. What did Washington vow to become when he returned to Virginia?
(a) A sea trader.
(b) A planter.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A cobbler.

9. What city were the Hessian soldiers encamped in 1777?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Yorktown.
(d) Trenton.

10. How many men made up the British army that occupied Germantown?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 3,000.

11. Who was the greatest combat general in the war according to Washington?
(a) Thomas Conway.
(b) Benedict Arnold.
(c) General John Sullivan.
(d) General Howe.

12. Who was Thomas Mifflin?
(a) A British military officer.
(b) An attorney.
(c) A British immigrant and military genius.
(d) A merchant.

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

14. Who was Horatio Gates?
(a) A British military officer.
(b) An attorney.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A British immigrant and military genius.

15. Who planned on hiring German or Russian soldiers to supplement British troops in Massachusetts?
(a) King George IV.
(b) Major General John Sullivan.
(c) King George III.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Washington sell his extra produce?

2. When Washington was six, his family moved to which city?

3. In what city was the main British base in New Jersey?

4. Which body of water did the British ships carry troops?

5. Who covered his face in fear that Washington had been killed?

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