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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jan Earnst Matzeliger is most well known for revolutionizing which industry?
(a) Manufacture of clothing.
(b) Firearms.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Small engine.

2. What status was given to Banneker's mother?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Slave.
(c) Emancipator.
(d) Freewoman.

3. In what year was Norbert Rillieux born?
(a) 1806.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1812.

4. Where did McCoy's parents move from before McCoy was born?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Virgnia.

5. In 1881 Woods moved to which US city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Cincinnati.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Carver's main concerns at the outset was how to do what?

2. Which inventor was most often compared to Thomas Edison?

3. Who was the operator of a nearby school?

4. Who was called upon to recreate the plans after they were taken out of the country?

5. How many years did the woman spend in bondage for the crime?

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