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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?
(a) He did not have any way to protect him.
(b) He did not have the boy immunized.
(c) There is no way to avoid smallpox.
(d) The boy was so young.

2. Franklin presented Loudoun with an account of all the expenses he incurred in support of Braddock and his troops, and he received how much in repayment?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) 2,400 pounds.
(c) 1,200 pounds.
(d) Nothing.

3. The president would confer with a council representing which group?
(a) Colonial governments.
(b) Colonial landowners.
(c) The different colonies.
(d) Male property owners over 21.

4. Mr. Whitefield was from which locale?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

5. The British troops' march was disastrous and most of the men were killed or wounded, and the rest fled back where?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mr. Whitefield set up an orphanage for in Georgia?

2. Where did Franklin meet Braddock and gained the general's trust?

3. Franklin's son died of smallpox at what age?

4. What did Franklin acquire for the British officers?

5. In what year did the physician friend of Franklin propose a town hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Franklin have to say about his almanac?

2. What did Franklin relate regarding his famous Franklin stove?

3. What was Franklin's approach to Captain Denny upon his arrival from England?

4. What was Franklin's proposal given France's increasing threat to the American colonies?

5. What transpired when the colonies proposed their united government to the British crown?

6. What sort of education system did Franklin develop?

7. What were some of the improvements to Philadelphia that Franklin participated in?

8. What did Franklin relate regarding his appointment to the position of clerk of the General Assembly?

9. How did Franklin describe his trip across the ocean?

10. What personal problems did Franklin sustain as a result of his delaying his trip to England to negotiate with Lord Loudoun?

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