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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Rockefellers live in Moravia on ninety acres on one of the Finger Lakes, _________________.
(a) Seneca Lake.
(b) Owasco Lake.
(c) Oneida Lake.
(d) Cayuga Lake.

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

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

4. They have a son, ________________ Rockefeller who is born in Granger, New York in 1810.
(a) William Austin.
(b) William Avery.
(c) William Allen.
(d) William Aaron.

5. John D. begins keeping track of his other expenditures and receipts in a book he calls what?
(a) My Life.
(b) My Journal.
(c) Ledger A.
(d) My Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike some other oil men, John D. feels that oil will be what?

2. As what is Bill known?

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

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

5. Big Bill runs a _______________ business and a hired worker who runs his farm.

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