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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, states continued to secede from the Union and the Civil War broke out in ________ of 1861.
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) May.

2. Grant's time at West Point and in the military meant that he knew who?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) Foreign military leaders.
(c) Many Union military leaders.
(d) Many of the other long-term military men from both sides of the Civil War.

3. A Confederate officer later said that he'd pointed Grant out to his men, saying that they were welcome to shoot him. Did anyone shoot at him?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, several times.
(c) Yes, but the shots purposely missed.
(d) Yes, only once.

4. Where was Grant born?
(a) Bowling Green, Ohio.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Point Pleasant, Ohio.
(d) Conneaut, Ohio.

5. In Chapter 58, Grant described additional advances with Sheridan's troops and his victory at the ______________.
(a) Shenandoah.
(b) Stones River.
(c) Shiloh.
(d) Vicksburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant was assigned to command the Military Division of _________________.

2. He asked for cavalry but was assigned to what?

3. Grant built a house and sought to make a living from what?

4. What does Grant say about a fight at Molino del Rey?

5. Each man carried ________ days' supply of food in addition to what was being hauled. As a wagon was emptied, it returned to a base camp where it was again filled with the same load and returned to the army camps.

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