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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name was given to Washington's most effective spies?
(a) Tory girls.
(b) Washerwomen.
(c) Dryermen
(d) Guerilla fighters

2. What city did George Washington and Count de Rochambeau meet in on September 20, 1780?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Providence.
(d) New York.

3. What was George Washington's most prominent relative's occupation?
(a) Sea trader.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Cobbler.
(d) War general.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which command did Washington allow to become semi-autonomous?

2. What happened to Washington when he rode towards the enemy?

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

4. What neighborhood did Rochambeau's army move to in July 1781?

5. To whom did Washington sell his extra produce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was bothering Washington as 1775 was coming to an end?

2. Who was General Nathanael Green?

3. In Chapter 16 "The Road Turns Upward," why did Washington re-think attacking the British after being completely prepared?

4. How did Benedict Arnold attempt to impress his love, Peggy Shipman?

5. Describe the British operations after becoming tired of the Ohio Wilderness in 1755.

6. How did Martha Washington support her husband?

7. Why did George Washington dislike Thomas Conway?

8. Describe what George Washington was by birth and training according to Flexner.

9. How did George Washington feel about slavery?

10. Describe Cornwallis and Greene's military moves in 1781.

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