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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A group of men in Washington's army mutinied and killed their officers because ________________________.
(a) They didn't have pay, food or clothing.
(b) They were forced to march during a blizzard.
(c) They were forced to stand guard for double shifts.
(d) They were forced to march twenty miles a day.

2. Washington found himself in the middle of a controversy as the president of the _______________________ when it came out that membership included a hereditary clause.
(a) Knights of Columbus.
(b) Republican party.
(c) Society of Cincinnati.
(d) Masons.

3. What part of the country was chosen as the permanent area for the capital?
(a) The Ohio River region.
(b) Long Island.
(c) The Potomac River region.
(d) The Brandywine Valley.

4. In what city did Washington serve as the president of the new country?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Richmond.

5. Washington and his army spent the Winter of ________________ in Valley Forge.
(a) 1773.
(b) 1777.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1788.

6. Who was the envoy who Washington sent to England to demand the end of their seizing American ships and imprisoning American citizens they thought were British deserters?
(a) James Fairfax.
(b) John Jay.
(c) Henry Knox.
(d) William Westmoreland.

7. Washington was chronically in debt because _______________________.
(a) He extensively traveled the world.
(b) He was extremely generous to charities.
(c) He lived beyond his means.
(d) Martha spent too much on new clothes.

8. Who was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution?
(a) Jacques Laurent David.
(b) Edmond-Charles Genet.
(c) Francois Bernard Dupont.
(d) Charles Phillipe Brun.

9. What did Washington help plan while at the location in #102?
(a) The blueprints for the White House.
(b) The Battle of Yorktown.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Boston Tea Party.

10. In the Spring of 1780, Cornwallis and Clinton took a flotilla to ______________________.
(a) New York.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

11. Which of the following was NOT strained when Washington was forced to entertain so many visitors after the war?
(a) War stories.
(b) Patience.
(c) Finances.
(d) Sense of self.

12. Which family member of his died while Washington was ill from the tumor?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His stepson.
(d) His half-brother.

13. What role did Washington accept at the convention in #129?
(a) Chancellor.
(b) President.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Governor.

14. Within a few months of taking office, Washington became ill with a tumor ________________ that had to be excised by a surgeon.
(a) On his leg.
(b) On his kidney.
(c) On his back.
(d) Behind his ear.

15. Washington learned that Benedict Arnold had been conspiring with the British to capture ____________________.
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) West Point.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mount Vernon require from Washington upon his return from war?

2. What was the state of Mount Vernon when Washington returned from war?

3. Which of the following was NOT an issue Washington tended to during most of 1782?

4. In late 1786, Washington learned that he would represent _________________ at a convention.

5. What was the name of the convention in #129?

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