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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Carnegie form Columbia Oil Company?
(a) Willard Coleman.
(b) Wallece Coleman.
(c) William Coleman.
(d) Wilson Coleman.

2. In ___________, Andrew is offered a job by Tom Scott, western division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to be his secretary and personal telegrapher.
(a) 1858.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1852.

3. Except for Tom, the youngest who is in school, Will and Margaret go to work by weaving and shoe-binding, and Andrew as what in a textile mill?
(a) An errand boy.
(b) A bobbin boy.
(c) A shoe-binder.
(d) A weaver.

4. Scott and Thomson like the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company that owns patents in 1858 but lacks what?
(a) Financial backing.
(b) The courage and business sense to develop them.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Understanding of this business.

5. Whose pioneering skills in management are codified in his "Book of Rules and the Employees' Timetable?"
(a) Daniel McCallum's.
(b) Duane McMahon's.
(c) Darrel McAllister's.
(d) David McClure's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andrew succeeds in the mastery of what business techniques?

2. Railroad receipts increase from $40 million in 1851 to _____________ fifteen years later in 1867.

3. Carnegie becomes an expert in Pittsburgh's _____________ business.

4. Andrew begins to see the railroad industry as an opportunity to regain what?

5. What is the town's industry in 1835?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Andrew benefit from his work delivering telegraph messages?

2. What work do the Carnegies find in America?

3. Give an example of how the size and complexity of a railroad business requires creation of bureaucratic organization, structure, and policy to fit the needs.

4. What does Carnegie learn at the Pennsylvania Railroad?

5. Who is George M. Pullman? How do he and Carnegie become involved in business together?

6. What are the jobs of the railroad managers?

7. What does Andrew do from 1867 through 1872?

8. What happens on July 15, 1848?

9. What happens within two years of arriving in America?

10. Describe the informal investing triumvirate Carnegie formed with Thomson and Scott.

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