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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjective best suits Banneker when it came to his new passion?
(a) Undaunted.
(b) Fastidious.
(c) Tired.
(d) Frustrated.

3. Which activity began to take up Banneker's free time?
(a) Breaking horses.
(b) Tooling leather.
(c) Analyzing time pieces.
(d) Learning to speak French.

4. Rillieux became interested in the process of refining which of the following?
(a) Oil.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Milk.

5. Banneker eventually created his project solely out of which material?
(a) Wood.
(b) Iron.
(c) Scrap metal.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Banneker chastised the man for which of the following?

2. Banneker was determined to create/build which item?

3. On what charge was the grandmother arrested?

4. What was the woman's first name?

5. In what year was Norbert Rillieux born?

(see the answer key)

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