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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many aviators die attempting to cross the Atlantic before Charles Lindbergh, Jr.?
(a) 7
(b) 16
(c) 3
(d) 6

2. What shape is the Octagon House?
(a) Hexagonal
(b) Rectangular
(c) Octagonal
(d) Square

3. Where does Plowden fall in love with trains?
(a) Vermont
(b) Colorado
(c) Maine
(d) California

4. What is the book written by the answer to #126 which is compared to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath?
(a) Bluegrass Memories
(b) My Old Kentucky Home
(c) Night Comes to the Cumberlands
(d) Horses, Highways and Hollers

5. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?
(a) She can't keep plants alive
(b) She is a terrible cook
(c) She is a wonderful mother
(d) She is a literary woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What donations is Agassiz able to attain for the school?

2. Where does Theodore Roosevelt spend his time in this chapter?

3. People find Remington to be full of high spirits and _________________.

4. What did Harriet's famous book prompt?

5. What does McCullough consider enough reason for living in Washington, D.C.?

(see the answer key)

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