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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Climb Begins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people immigrate from the Old to the New World to embed the dream into an image of America far stronger than the success of a few like the Guggenheims and Vanderbilts?
(a) Tens of billions.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Tens of millions.

2. Carnegie becomes an expert in Pittsburgh's _____________ business.
(a) Mining.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Financial.
(d) Commercial.

3. Andrew succeeds in the mastery of what business techniques?
(a) Old World.
(b) New World.
(c) His parent's.
(d) His friend's.

4. Although Andrew dislikes the tedium, smells and hours, he works in another textile mill until what?
(a) He gets injured.
(b) He gets promoted to a management position.
(c) He gets an office opportunity in accounting.
(d) He gets a college scholarship.

5. Carnegie's career begins on July 15, 1848, when he and his family, parents Will, Margaret and his brother Tom, do what?
(a) Sail from Spain with fellow Spanish passengers.
(b) Sail from Great Britain with fellow Irish passengers.
(c) Sail from Great Britain with fellow Scottish passengers.
(d) Sail from France with fellow French passengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnegie perfects business techniques to transform an iron and steel industry comprised of many small producers into what for the first time?

2. Within _______ years of arriving in America, the Carnegies recoup their fortune through the help of their friends, relatives, and countrymen in America and earn more income that they ever received in Scotland.

3. Machines begin taking over production with energy from _____________ independent from windmills and waterwheels.

4. The Carnegies stay in their homeland as long as they can until conditions become intolerable in what town?

5. Andrew Carnegie becomes known as the city's best _____________.

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