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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who may be behind the Free Quebec Society?
(a) Cairo.
(b) China.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Iraq.

2. Who is the Western Union night man?
(a) Hiram Meechum.
(b) Sam Harding.
(c) Stephen Michaelson.
(d) Stanley Martinson.

3. When was the locomotive built?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1898.

4. While Harding and Meechum wait for the Manhattan Limited, who comes into the station?
(a) A man fastidiously dressed.
(b) A train employee from headquarters.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A school teacher.

5. Why does the dispatcher from Albany call the train station?
(a) To let them know the train will be late.
(b) To let them know that the mail is not on the train.
(c) To let them know that an important passenger is on the train.
(d) To check on the bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money is in the train safe?

2. What is the Western Union man doing while waiting for the train?

3. What nickname has the train engineer given the locomotive?

4. From where does Mercier suggest that the United States buy electricity?

5. Who is a train ticket agent?

(see the answer key)

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