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23. What can you say of Was.h.i.+ngton's gravity?

24. What do you know of President Was.h.i.+ngton's public receptions?

25. How did the guests enjoy President Was.h.i.+ngton's grand dinners?

26. In what did Was.h.i.+ngton's greatness consist?

CHAPTER VI, PAGE 77 A MIDNIGHT SURPRISE

1. What sort of general was Was.h.i.+ngton?

2. What did General Clinton think of Was.h.i.+ngton?

3. What part of the country did Was.h.i.+ngton need to protect?

4. What did the British do in May, 1779?

5. Why was it important for the Americans to have possession of King's Ferry?

6. Where did the patriot army now take up its quarters?

7. How did the British soldiers act in Connecticut?

8. Why did General Clinton send out raiders?

9. Why did not Was.h.i.+ngton follow up Clinton's raiders?

10. What did Was.h.i.+ngton decide to do?

11. What kind of place was Stony Point?

12. Who had possession of Stony Point?

13. How was Stony Point defended?

14. How many soldiers were in the garrison at Stony Point?

15. What does Was.h.i.+ngton Irving say of Stony Point?

16. What name did the British give to Stony Point?

17. Who led the attack on Stony Point?

18. How old was General Anthony Wayne at this time?

19. How did Wayne look?

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