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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The President: Chapters 46-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Washington envious of Jacky Custis?
(a) Jacky had broad shoulders.
(b) Jacky had the opportunity for a formal education.
(c) Jacky had thick, dark hair.
(d) Jacky had a good sense of humor.

2. What was the name of the organization formed to support soldiers and their families after the war?
(a) Sons of Freedom.
(b) Society of Patriots.
(c) Sons of the American Revolution.
(d) Society of the Cincinnati.

3. George and Martha Washington married in January of what year?
(a) 1759.
(b) 1767.
(c) 1744.
(d) 1776.

4. Washington would spend the rest of his life in the role of ___________________________.
(a) Ungrateful son.
(b) County commissioner.
(c) Church of England deacon.
(d) Executor of the Custis estate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As the war raged on in the South, Washington continued to push for a siege of __________________.

3. What was the surname of Martha's children?

4. Who did Washington appoint as his Secretary of the Treasury?

5. Which family member of his died while Washington was ill from the tumor?

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