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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In ________ Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America and settles in New Jersey.
(a) 1742.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1724.
(d) 1732.

3. Their Forest Hills home is once what?
(a) A church.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A school.
(d) A bed and breakfast.

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

5. In August of 1855, he begins looking for employment for what reason?
(a) So he can support his family.
(b) So he can something to keep him busy.
(c) So he does not have to depend on his father.
(d) So he can care for his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill works as what, selling cancer cures?

2. Do the refiners like the plan?

3. Are the Rockefellers practitioners of conspicuous consumption?

4. The price of crude oil is extremely ___________.

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

(see the answer key)

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