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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, The Statesman: Chapters 38-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which fort was Washington forced to watch the British decimate, forcing his troops to surrender?
(a) Fort Perry.
(b) Fort Washington.
(c) Fort Lee.
(d) Fort Bennington.

2. Why would Washington feel inadequate around people all his life?
(a) He started to go bald at an early age.
(b) He had wooden teeth.
(c) He was so much taller than everyone else.
(d) The lack of a formal education.

3. What was the name of the organization formed to support soldiers and their families after the war?
(a) Sons of the American Revolution.
(b) Society of the Cincinnati.
(c) Sons of Freedom.
(d) Society of Patriots.

4. Eight thousand ____________________ mercenaries joined the British army while Washington tried to hold New York.
(a) Russian.
(b) Hessian.
(c) French.
(d) Prussian.

5. Where did Washington slip away to while on his way to survey the battles taking place in the South?
(a) Greenbrier.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) Monticello.
(d) Harper's Ferry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the period following the Revolutionary War, there began a string of rebellions in which state?

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

3. Which river did Washington and his men cross during the night for a surprise attack on a Hessian garrison in Trenton?

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

5. Washington found himself __________________ by the poor attitude of the very people he and his soldiers were fighting for.

(see the answer key)

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