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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They rarely go out and have to earn their spending money how?
(a) By having jobs outside the home.
(b) By being kind.
(c) By asking.
(d) By performing chores.

2. John D. receives a good introduction to the business world at Hewitt and Tuttle. He learns a great deal about what?
(a) The mercantile industry.
(b) The oil industry.
(c) The transportation industry.
(d) The book industry.

3. Big Bill does not accompany his family to Richford when they move and does not appear in the area until 1835, posing as what?
(a) A blind and deaf peddler.
(b) An actor.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A doctor.

4. In what year do John D. and Maurice B. Clark open their own business?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1866.

5. Do the refiners like the plan?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, they ignore it.
(c) No, they fight it.
(d) No, they suggest another plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The townspeople in Richford begin to refer to Big Bill as what?

2. What happens when the Pennsylvania producers form their own plan?

3. At this time, there is oil in what state?

4. Within _____ years he has absorbed almost all of them.

5. In 1853, Bill moves the family to ______________ and leaves them at the home of his sister and brother-in-law.

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