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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Rogers disappear?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Bahamas.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) Africa.

2. What did Benjamin Franklin's father do for a living?
(a) He made tea.
(b) He made candles and soap.
(c) He grew cotton.
(d) He wrote books.

3. What was the name of Benjamin Franklin's mother?
(a) Adriane Foldren.
(b) Abiah Folger.
(c) Abby Folson.
(d) Abril Forger.

4. Where did Benjamin Franklin store electricity?
(a) In a key.
(b) In Grayson Jars.
(c) On boiler plates.
(d) In Leyden Jars.

5. Who did Benjamin Franklin seek to work for?
(a) The nearby people.
(b) The distant people.
(c) The centering people.
(d) The middling people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Benjamin Franklin create his militia?

2. What was Benjamin Franklin's father's name?

3. What made Benjamin Franklin an opponent of the proprietor's control over the colonies?

4. Why didn't Deborah follow Benjamin Franklin to London?

5. Whom did the British send to push the French out of the Ohio valley?

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