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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The Planter: Chapters 9-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Washington would spend the rest of his life in the role of ___________________________.
(a) County commissioner.
(b) Executor of the Custis estate.
(c) Church of England deacon.
(d) Ungrateful son.

2. George Washington grew up in which state?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Ohio.

3. Which general asked Washington to be his aide-de-camp because of Washington's frontier experience?
(a) Major General Edward R. Pence.
(b) General Richard Burlingame.
(c) General Frederick N. Burgoyne.
(d) Major General Edward Braddock.

4. Who was the first husband of Washington's wife?
(a) Benjamin Joseph Hargrove.
(b) Nathaniel David Bryce.
(c) John James Cochran.
(d) Daniel Parke Custis.

5. What was the name of Washington's home?
(a) Fairfax Glen.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Monticello.
(d) White House Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the surname of Martha's children?

2. How many children did the woman have when she married Washington?

3. What was Washington's demeanor during the time his portrait was painted?

4. On which piece of American currency does George Washington's picture appear?

5. Washington's father had _______________ children with Washington's mother.

(see the answer key)

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