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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant wrote a lengthy letter outlining a new plan to move all the Union troops how?
(a) In opposite directions and campaigns.
(b) In several different ways.
(c) Toward several different goals.
(d) In tandem to a central goal.

2. Grant said this proved effective at providing cover though in the case of the Battle of the Wilderness, what happened when the wood caught on fire?
(a) The men were severely burned.
(b) The heat became so intense that it drove some men away.
(c) The men were trapped.
(d) The men died.

3. In Chapter 10, the military moved quickly from Vera Cruz to avoid what?
(a) Having to spend a hot summer in Mexico.
(b) Mexican soldiers.
(c) A backlash from the civilians.
(d) The potential for yellow fever outbreaks among the men.

4. In Chapter 53, Grant recommended _____________ of his officers for promotion.
(a) None.
(b) Several.
(c) One.
(d) Very few.

5. In Chapter 31, Grant's headquarters were moved to ___________ Springs.
(a) Green.
(b) Palm.
(c) Holly.
(d) Hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a brief leave to go home, Grant wrote a letter to Adjutant-General Colonel L. Thomas, saying that he'd been educated at the government's expense and now wanted to do what?

2. The march began with a supply of _________ days' rations, a supply of ammunition and a herd of cattle being driven along with the army.

3. In Chapter 50, Grant said that soon after the fall of Atlanta, the Army of the ______________ began the campaign that would eventually result in the fall of the Confederate capital.

4. In Chapter 26, the Union troops advanced on _____________, Mississippi, and soon reported that the city had been captured.

5. Two days later, Grant set up a military trap with several troops apparently exposed to attack, hoping what?

(see the answer key)

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