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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prelude: The Portrait Artist and Part 1, The Frontiersman: Chpaters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Washington inherit Mount Vernon?
(a) When his brother's wife and sister died.
(b) When his father died.
(c) When his mother died.
(d) When he turned twenty-one.

2. In the Fall on 1755, Washington was made supreme commander of all military forces in _______________.
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) America.

3. Who was George Washington's mother?
(a) Justine Ellen Fairfax.
(b) Marie Patrice Johnson.
(c) Mary Johnson Bell.
(d) Celine Marie Beaulieu.

4. How many children did the woman have when she married Washington?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. What was the French stronghold in the Ohio Valley?
(a) Fort Lafayette.
(b) Fort Beaulieu.
(c) Fort Duquesne.
(d) Fort Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which office did Washington run for and win?

2. Whom did Washington marry?

3. In what month and year was the portrait of George Washington painted?

4. Why did Washington like spending so much time with his eldest half-brother at his farm?

5. In 1754, Washington led his troops into which region to fight the French?

(see the answer key)

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