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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Latimer gained some fame after _____________.
(a) Fighting for civil rights.
(b) Inventing the electric pencil sharpener.
(c) Writing a poem.
(d) Dying.

2. In what year did McCoy obtain his first patent?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1872.

3. For which newspaper did Latimer work as a child?
(a) Advocate.
(b) Abolition News.
(c) Liberator.
(d) Daily News.

4. Rillieux became interested in the process of refining which of the following?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Milk.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Oil.

5. In what year was Norbert Rillieux born?
(a) 1806.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1812.

Short Answer Questions

1. Banneker chastised the man for which of the following?

2. What was the surname of the company's owner?

3. What was McCoy's position within the company?

4. What was the name of the company Latimer worked for next?

5. In what year was Benjamin Banneker born?

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