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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maurice Clark and his brothers are in business with John D. in the refinery and John D. does not like this for what reason?
(a) They have the votes to override him.
(b) He does not get along with them.
(c) He does not like the business.
(d) They do not listen to his ideas.

2. When Rockefeller fights rival pipeline companies, he begins to run into opposition from whom?
(a) The public.
(b) The government and the public.
(c) The government.
(d) Other refiners.

3. Within _____ years he has absorbed almost all of them.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. After the end of the SIC, Rockefeller comes up with a new plan, called what?
(a) The Toledo Plan.
(b) The Cleveland Plan.
(c) The Philadelphia Plan.
(d) The Pittsburgh Plan.

5. Rockefeller's Cleveland refineries are further from what area than the Oil Regions refineries are?
(a) The Great Lakes.
(b) The Gulf Coast.
(c) The West Coast.
(d) The East Coast.

Short Answer 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?

2. John D. receives a good introduction to the business world at Hewitt and Tuttle. He learns a great deal about what?

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

4. At this time, his friends come from the community at the _______________ church where he is very active in church activities.

5. Big Bill Rockefeller leads the life of a ___________ in his younger years.

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