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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Good Ground.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The summer illness that plagues those fighting the Americans in the latter half of the 1770s strikes which troops?
(a) All opposed to the Americans.
(b) Canadian.
(c) British only.
(d) Hessian only.

2. What term does Benjamin Rush use to describe the mood of the American troops?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Composure.
(d) Excited.

3. General Washington believes that only 20% of British forces are on Long Island and are ready for battle. In reality, what is this percentage?
(a) 100%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 90%.

4. How extensively do the Americans display their lack of training and discipline?
(a) In a moderate number of ways.
(b) In few ways.
(c) In virtually all ways.
(d) In many ways.

5. In what battle do the Americans lose New York to their enemy?
(a) Fort Albany.
(b) Fort Lewis.
(c) Fort Washington.
(d) Fort Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. The American destination in reference to the title of the book is originally what?

2. How many of the Americans' artillery pieces are lost in George Washington's Delaware River crossing?

3. What is a big issue facing the American rebels?

4. In "Good Ground," the author notes the Americans learn the British leaders are planning to strike at either Trenton or what location?

5. An illness tears through the troops that fight against the Americans during the summer of what year in the latter half of the 1770s?

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