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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter XII, who was the new governor sent from England?
(a) Captain Denny.
(b) Bishop Denny.
(c) Admiral Denny.
(d) General Denny.

2. Which foreign troops were barbaric toward the American colonists?
(a) British.
(b) Both British, French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

3. Two expenses that the colonists sought repayment of were what?
(a) Crops, horses and carriages.
(b) A fireworks display, crops.
(c) Crops, farm animals,
(d) A fireworks display, horses and carriages.

4. What were some of the inventions of Franklin's beyond his stove?
(a) Metal harmonica, visual glasses, and the flexible urinary catheter.
(b) Bifocal eyeglasses, the glass harmonica, and the lightning rod.
(c) Bifocal glasses, recoiless rifle, and the lightning rod.
(d) Lightning rod, flexible urinary catheter, and the water pump.

5. Braddock and the troops were sent for what two reasons?
(a) Occupation, keeping the colonies in line.
(b) Offense and to keep the colonies in line.
(c) Defense and to keep the colonies in line.
(d) Defense and to assist the colonies.

6. Where did Mr. Whitefield move on to from Philadelphia?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Virginia.
(d) South Carolina.

7. What bad news prompted Franklin to go to Boston again?
(a) To visit James, who was dying.
(b) To visit his mother, who was dying.
(c) To visit his father, who was dying.
(d) To visit James, who was in jail again.

8. What public position did Franklin first achieve?
(a) Clerk of the General Assembly.
(b) General Assembly Spokesman.
(c) General Assembly Master.
(d) Brigadier of the General Assembly.

9. In what year did the physician friend of Franklin propose a town hospital?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1753.
(d) 1751.

10. The British troops' march was disastrous and most of the men were killed or wounded, and the rest fled back where?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

11. Which organization awarded Franklin an honorary membership and a gold medal?
(a) Royal Society of London.
(b) Society of Scientific Knowledge in Wellington.
(c) Royal Order in Scientific Exploration of London.
(d) Royal Exploratory Society of Cambridge.

12. Franklin's troops moved on to what location where they found most of the inhabitants dead?
(a) Gnadendorf.
(b) Gnadenhutten.
(c) Gnadinger Park.
(d) Gnadenwald.

13. Franklin wrote that if you performed an act of kindness for a person, what would that person do?
(a) Seek out another and perform a kindness.
(b) Return the favor when a future need arose.
(c) Let others know about the favor they received.
(d) Be very appreciative and thank you.

14. What was the crown's response to the American proposal?
(a) They rejected the plan and sent an army to take over.
(b) They modified the plan and proposed a president that answered to the crown.
(c) They rejected the plan and proposed an army paid by a special tax.
(d) They accepted the plan if Americans paid a special tax for an army.

15. When the colonial military group arrived in these territories, however, they found what?
(a) They were returning to the colonies for the most part.
(b) They were nearly eliminated.
(c) They had already set up a defense system.
(d) They were having problems with only a few Indian tribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the British army failed, the colonies were even more anxious to develop and fund what?

2. What did Franklin regret about his son who died?

3. When did Franklin first write his Poor Richard's Almanac?

4. How successful was Franklin's funding proposal for the hospital?

5. Which department did Franklin lobby for in Philadelphia that other cities simulated but he claimed was the best?

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