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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, The General: Chapters 16-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Washington quickly became aware of the difficulty of _____________________________.
(a) Running a farm.
(b) Editing a newspaper.
(c) Relying on imports from Britain.
(d) Raising stepchildren.

2. Washington was a distinguished soldier in the _______________________.
(a) Chadwick Campaign.
(b) Battle of Brandywine.
(c) Road to Richmond.
(d) French and Indian War.

3. Two Northern generals who played an important part in Washington's future were Nathanael Greene and _______.
(a) James Brandywine.
(b) Henry Knox.
(c) Philip Lafayette.
(d) George Morgan.

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

5. Who did Washington decide to marry?
(a) Martha Custis.
(b) Elizabeth Lafayette.
(c) Jane Hemings.
(d) Sally Fairfax.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which New Jersey city did Washington and his men spend the winter of 1777?

2. What did Washington do with a copy of the Declaration of Independence when it arrived when he was in New York with his troops?

3. The people of which states continued to support the British during the Revolutionary War?

4. What does Ron Chernow base this book on George Washington?

5. What was the fort that Washington and his men used in the campaign against the French in 1754?

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