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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the company Latimer worked for next?
(a) General Electric.
(b) Niagara Light and Power.
(c) US Electrical Lighting Co.
(d) Boston Home Goods.

2. What is the name of the company that hired McCoy?
(a) Michigan Central Railroad.
(b) New York Municipal Transportation Authority.
(c) US Electrical
(d) General Electric.

3. Banneker chastised the man for which of the following?
(a) Declining the presidency.
(b) Ignoring all other correspondence.
(c) Taking too long to declare war.
(d) Owning slaves.

4. What word is used in reference to McCoy's fascination with mechanical objects?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Tinkering.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Ineptitude.

5. What revolutionary invention was used to make the crops grow?
(a) Pesticides.
(b) Mechanical hoe.
(c) Rototiller.
(d) Irrigation canals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the woman's first name?

2. What was the surname of the company's owner?

3. Where was Elijah McCoy born?

4. What item came from Morgan's experiments?

5. Matzeliger was born in 1852 in which country?

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