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Our Hero General Grant
By Josephine Pollard
COMPREHENSION
1. How did Ulysses S Grant receive his name?
A. his parents gave him that name at birth
B. a friend signed him up for West Point with that name
C. he changed his name himself
D. the kids at school gave him that name
E. his name changed after becoming a great war hero
2. What didn’t Ulysses do after attending West Point?
A. fought in the Mexican War
B. became farmer, breaking in wild horses
C. got married and famed near St. Louis
D. joined General Zachary Taylor’s troops in Texas
E. was a clerk in a store in Galena, Illinois
3. How did the war break out in the United States on April 13, 1861?
A. Abraham Lincoln ordered war on the South
B. the boys taught at West Point wanted to show their
new skills of war so they attacked Fort Sumter
C. Grant led a group of men to attack the South
D. the South led by Jefferson Davis attacked Fort Sumter
E. citizens threw tea into the Boston Harbor
4. Large fleets of gunboats were in use in the West.
A. True
B. False
5. What was Shiloh?
A. a log-church
B. a creek
C. a deep gorge
D. thick woods
E. a town in Tennessee
6. What was the cry of Grant’s heart?
A. “Let us fight till the end.”
B. “Keep up the strife!”
C. “I love war.”
D. “I just want to go home!”
E. “Let us have peace!”
7. What was not part of the Siege of Vicksburg?
A. North troops seized all livestock and corn from roads
B. North troops brought in fresh troops
C. the boys in blue starved out the boys in gray
D. mines were cut deep in the hills
E. Pemberton and Johnston sent word to each other
8. What town did not have a railroad from it to Chattanooga?
A. Memphis
B. Vicksburg
C. Richmond
D. Nashville
E. Atlanta
9. Who wrote to Grant, “You have brave men, and a just chance, and may God
give you strength.”
A. General Sheridan
B. General Granger
C. General Halleck
D. President Lincoln
E. General Johnston
10. What army did Grant fight with?
A. Army of the Cumberland
B. Army of the Potomac
C. Army of the Tennessee
D. Army of the Mississippi
E. all of the above (A-D)
11. When did Grant speak the famous words, “I propose to fight it out on
this line, if it takes all Sum-mer.”?
A. Spottslyvania
B. Richmond
C. Culpepper
D. Chattanooga
E. Washington
12. What trait did Grant have that his men were so fond of?
A. he had good luck
B. he was thankless
C. he was quick to praise
D. he was a hard worker
E. he was a good communicator
13. What was Grant’s overall plan for?
A. make friends with Lee
B. free the North
C. take over as president
D. send all his troops home
E. wipe out Lee
14. Why did Lee and Grant meet in a small house in the small town of Appomattox?
A. play cards
B. the Battle of Appomattox
C. say goodbye to each other
D. fix the terms of peace
E. discuss how to start a new school
15. How long had the war lasted?
A. three glorious years
B. a few short months
C. four long years
D. six intense years
E. none of the above
16. What is Grant’s keynote of his life?
A. “do right and fear not”
B. “Let us have peace”
C. “let freedom reign”
D. “united as one”
E. “fight to the bitter end”
ANTONYMS (OPPOSITES)
17. vex
A. annoy
B. irritate
C. aggravate
D. frustrate
E. please
18. scheme
A. system
B. unplanned
C. design
D. method
E. idea
19. faith
A. confidence
B. trust
C. assurance
D. disbelief
E. devotion
20. siege
A. allow access to
B. blockade
C. cordon
D. obstruction
E. barricade
21. strewn
A. scattered
B. sprinkled
C. piled
D. speckled
E. spread
22. gorge
A. ravine
B. hill
C. canyon
D. gap
E. chasm
23. mire
A. swamp
B. marsh
C. mud
D. sludge
E. solid
24. helm
A. uncontrolled
B. wheel
C. rudder
D. tiller
E. controls
25. zeal
A. enthusiasm
B. apathy
C. passion
D. fervor
E. eagerness
26. vale
A. valley
B. dale
C. hill
D. gorge
E. dell
DEFINITIONS – Give definitions
27. lame -- ______________________________________________________________________
28. flank -- ______________________________________________________________________
29. tramps -- ____________________________________________________________________
30. vanguard -- ___________________________________________________________________
31. bade -- _______________________________________________________________________
SENTENCE COMPLETION:
32. They had had no chance to learn how to dig the …, to throw up …, or to
build such … as might serve
them in a time of need.
A. trench, earth-works, forts
B. gorge, garbage, buildings
C. hole, stronghold, houses
D. channel, barrier, castle
E. trough, bulwark, citadel
33. This was a great stronghold of the South, and the rebels were … to lose
it, and had made a strong stand there.
A. afraid
B. careful
C. loth
D. destined
E. not afraid
34. At dawn of the next day … flat boats full of troops set out from Chattanooga.
A. ten
B. a dozen
C. a whole bunch
D. three-score
E. unknown number of
35. The men could move but a few … at a time ere they came in range of the
guns of the foe.
A. rod
B. rods
C. dowel
D. feet
E. inches
36. All the streams were too high to …, and the march was of course, a slow
one.
A. fly across
B. build a bridge across
C. walk across
D. swim across
E. ford
Answers
1. B – page 8
2. B – page 11-12
3. D – page 12
4. A – page 21
5. A – page 30
6. E – page 42
7. E – page 52
8. B – page 58
9. D – page 70
10. E – page 71
11. A – page 76
12. C – page 111
13. E – page 128
14. D – page 161
15. C – page 164
16. A – page 167
17. E
18. B
19. D
20. A
21. C
22. B
23. E
24. A
25. B
26. C
27 - 31 -- Use flashcards to correct
32. A
33. C
34. D
35. B
36. E