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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Climb Begins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Except for Tom, the youngest who is in school, Will and Margaret go to work by weaving and shoe-binding, and Andrew as what in a textile mill?
(a) A weaver.
(b) A bobbin boy.
(c) An errand boy.
(d) A shoe-binder.

2. Will is unable to catch on to new opportunities and reverts back to weaving and selling his wares on the street, which does what?
(a) Provides a significant income for his family.
(b) Builds his self-confidence and brings pride to his family.
(c) Brings him more work than when he had his factory job.
(d) Destroys his self-confidence and shames his family.

3. Andrew's job delivering telegraph messages puts him in touch with whom?
(a) Many irate individuals.
(b) The President of the United States.
(c) Business producers on their way to national prominence.
(d) People of varying races.

4. Business transactions at the time take place over what type of communication?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Telegraphic.
(c) Internet.
(d) Letter.

5. Within _______ years of arriving in America, the Carnegies recoup their fortune through the help of their friends, relatives, and countrymen in America and earn more income that they ever received in Scotland.
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people immigrate from the Old to the New World to embed the dream into an image of America far stronger than the success of a few like the Guggenheims and Vanderbilts?

2. Thirteen year-old Andrew sees his father fail while admiring whose determination to rise above it?

3. Railroads link Pittsburgh to the Atlantic coast and eventually to the Pacific coast, with the _______________ the best of them all.

4. Andrew goes to night school in bookkeeping at what age?

5. Although Andrew dislikes the tedium, smells and hours, he works in another textile mill until what?

(see the answer key)

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