The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair That Changed America Test | Final Test - Easy

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair That Changed America Test | Final Test - Easy

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sullivan blame for most of his problems?
(a) John Root
(b) His wife
(c) Holmes
(d) Burnham

2. What does the fact that Prendergast had one chamber in his empty gun show about him?
(a) He was thinking logically
(b) He could afford enough bullets
(c) He did not want to kill himself
(d) He did not mean to kill Harrison

3. Whose World's Fair attendance record does Chicago beat?
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) London
(d) Beijing

4. What illness does Burnham get later in his life?
(a) Diabetes
(b) HIV
(c) Cancer
(d) Asthma

5. In which month does the attendance rise?
(a) August
(b) October
(c) September
(d) November

6. In which city is Holmes' trial?
(a) Philadephia
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Chicago
(d) New York

7. Olsted left the completion of the Exposition to _________.
(a) Root
(b) Ulrich
(c) Holmes
(d) Burnham

8. What country does Geyer travel to in The Tenant chapter?
(a) Canada
(b) Cuba
(c) Brazil
(d) Jamacia

9. Where does Geyer think Howard died?
(a) Virginia
(b) North Carolina
(c) Indianapolis
(d) South Carolina

10. What does a man pick up from Holmes' hotel later that night?
(a) A horse
(b) A suitcase of money
(c) A car
(d) Two large crates

11. Who did Omsted write to say what people thought of the Exposition?
(a) Holmes
(b) Root
(c) Ulrich
(d) Burnham

12. Why does McKim leave so early?
(a) He has a new job.
(b) He has an argument with Burnham.
(c) His wife is sick.
(d) He hates the idea of the Exposition ending.

13. With whom does Millet promise the midway women could dance?
(a) The Columbian Guards
(b) Exposition officials
(c) Sailors
(d) Government officials

14. What is Anna's nickname?
(a) The goat
(b) Nannie
(c) Miss Piggy
(d) Loopy

15. Whose body do they find at the end of the chapter?
(a) Ned's
(b) Howard's
(c) Mrs. Lawrence's
(d) Mrs. Pitezel's

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes ask Anna to get from his vault?

2. Holmes' hotel always smells of __________________.

3. To whom does the footprint belong?

4. What is the name of the ship on which Burnham is a passenger?

5. How many weeks are left to the end of the Exposition?

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