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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1850s, whole oil is used to fuel what?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) Lighting.
(d) Heat.

2. Big Bill Rockefeller leads the life of a ___________ in his younger years.
(a) Monk.
(b) Wealthy man.
(c) Vagabond.
(d) Priest.

3. John D. quits school and takes a three month course where at the age of sixteen?
(a) At a commercial college.
(b) At the University of Akron.
(c) At Bowling Green State University.
(d) At Kent State University.

4. At this time, there is oil in what state?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Ohio.
(d) New York.

5. 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 scientist.
(b) A blind and deaf peddler.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill continues his wanderings and becomes a ___________ when he marries Margaret Allen in 1855.

2. Descendants Godfrey and Lucy immigrate to sparsely settled territory around ________, New York in the 1830s.

3. In August of 1855, he begins looking for employment for what reason?

4. In 1864, John D. marries Laura Celestia Spelman, called Cettie. Where did he first meet her?

5. John D. begins keeping track of his other expenditures and receipts in a book he calls what?

(see the answer key)

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