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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The potential for yellow fever outbreaks among the men.
(d) A backlash from the civilians.

2. Grant received orders from General Halleck to change his position, but Grant did not. Why did he not obey?
(a) Grant had already put his own plans in motion.
(b) Grant does not take orders from anyone.
(c) Halleck is a poor leader.
(d) Halleck's orders would be different if he knew the army's current situation.

3. As Grant made the journey, he encountered a Union loyalist, Mr. ___________, who said there were Confederates in the area and that a neighbor, a Southern sympathizer, was certain to report Grant's presence.
(a) De Long.
(b) De Rosa.
(c) De Loche.
(d) De Vane.

4. In Chapter 36, Grant said the campaign had been successful in doing what?
(a) Physically splitting two important Confederate troops.
(b) Weakening the morale of the Confederates.
(c) Giving him a sense of purpose.
(d) Gaining more supporters of the northern cause.

5. Grant cited the nature of the fort's commander and predicted what?
(a) Little opposition.
(b) Quite a bit of opposition.
(c) A great deal of opposition.
(d) No opposition.

6. In Chapter 38, why did the siege end?
(a) A torrential rain began that made it impossible to continue fighting.
(b) The Northerns called for a truce.
(c) No soldiers on either side were healthy enough to continue fighting.
(d) The Confederates called for a truce.

7. In Chapter 27, Grant moved to _______________, where he set up headquarters.
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Memphis.
(c) indianapolis.
(d) St. Louis.

8. Grant described the use of the ____________ at this siege.
(a) Cannons.
(b) Shields.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Trenches.

9. In Chapter 29, troops supporting Grant at Corinth were moved out and Grant said it put him in the unenviable position of being what?
(a) Outnumbered.
(b) On the offensive.
(c) Confused.
(d) On the defensive.

10. In Chapter 16, Grant resigned from the military. He and Julia had two children by this time and Grant moved the family to land she owned near what city?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Santa Fe.

11. Lincoln called for volunteers and Grant joined, taking control of what?
(a) The young soldiers.
(b) The other military leaders until they were given their assignments.
(c) The other volunteers until they arrived at their assignments.
(d) Those soldiers coming from West Point.

12. In Chapter 24, Grant arrived with the army at ________________.
(a) Pennsylvania Landing.
(b) Paden's Landing.
(c) Philadelphia Landing.
(d) Pittsburg Landing.

13. The fighting continued and Grant described in detail the movements of the men and the ________-hour battle at Champion's Hill.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

14. 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) Yes, but the shots purposely missed.
(b) Yes, several times.
(c) Yes, only once.
(d) No.

15. Grant noted after the surrender of Vicksburg that the men taken prisoner did what regarding the Union Army?
(a) They talked and mingled with them.
(b) They teased and taunted them.
(c) They ignored them.
(d) They begged them to let them go free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant's father, Jesse R. Grant, was the ________ son of his family.

2. Grant was impressed with whom at West Point?

3. Mexico would gain Texas but give up all rights to what?

4. In Chapter 20, Grant's troops came under fire for the first time at Belmont and he said they reacted how?

5. In Chapter 30, Grant described the battle at Vicksburg and Sherman's advance along the ___________ River.

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