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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1860, the first kerosene is made in what city by C. A. Dean?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Lexington.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Cleveland.

3. Big Bill runs a _______________ business and a hired worker who runs his farm.
(a) Logging.
(b) Oil.
(c) Shipping.
(d) Merchandise.

4. In 1864, John D. marries Laura Celestia Spelman, called Cettie. Where did he first meet her?
(a) High school.
(b) College.
(c) Grammar school.
(d) Church.

5. Descendants Godfrey and Lucy immigrate to sparsely settled territory around ________, New York in the 1830s.
(a) East Hampton.
(b) New Rochelle.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1850s, whole oil is used to fuel what?

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

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

4. Why is her father considered to be a rich man?

5. Big Bill brings his former housekeeper and mistress, _______________, to live with them and has children with both women.

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