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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. When Washington married Martha, the slave population at Mount Vernon ____________________.
(a) Was eliminated.
(b) Decreased by half.
(c) More than doubled.
(d) Tripled.

2. Which country enacted the Townshend Acts which placed duties on more goods sold to American colonists?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

3. Whom did Washington marry?
(a) Martha Dandridge Custis.
(b) Ellen Cowen Newell.
(c) Margaret Danbury Weston.
(d) Alice Spencer Haight.

4. How many children did Washington and Martha have of their own?
(a) None.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Washington's seat in the House of Burgesses gained him __________________________.
(a) A substantial amount of land.
(b) A good standing in the community.
(c) A fortune.
(d) Some enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ron Chernow base this book on George Washington?

2. What was the French stronghold in the Ohio Valley?

3. George Washington grew up in which state?

4. After the royal governor disbanded the House of Burgesses for the second time, Washington and several other men met secretly and agreed to ______________________.

5. Washington was an accomplished __________________.

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