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. With what is Burnham charged?
(a) Criminal negligence
(b) Murder
(c) GBH
(d) Insurance fraud

2. What did Olmsted ask the people he met on his travels?
(a) If they had any money
(b) How the Exposition was going
(c) How old were they
(d) Had they heard of the Exposition

3. Who attends in place of Ferris?
(a) Obstom
(b) Burnham
(c) Holmes
(d) Grounau

4. What are the names of the three children?
(a) Alice, Nellie and Howard
(b) Howard, Alice and Jackie
(c) Alice, Rose and Jim
(d) Nellie, James and Alice

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

6. To where has the chambermaid moved?
(a) Chicago
(b) New York
(c) New Orleans
(d) Dwight

7. For what is the Ferris wheel eventually used?
(a) A water mill
(b) Offices
(c) Scrap metal
(d) A tourist attraction

8. Holmes believes he is taking on the characteristics of __________.
(a) Jesus
(b) Howard Pitezel
(c) the devil
(d) Abraham Lincoln

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

10. Where does Prendergast go in the Prendergast chapter?
(a) The Corporate Counsel
(b) The White House
(c) Ireland
(d) The City Hall

11. Where is the Ferris Wheel reconstructed?
(a) Louisiana
(b) Paris
(c) New York
(d) London

12. What does American want its cities to be after the fair?
(a) Big and brash
(b) Exciting, but safe
(c) Pretty and clean
(d) Peaceful havens

13. Which character dies aboard the Titanic?
(a) Millet
(b) Olmsted
(c) Burnham
(d) Holmes

14. With how many cars does the Ferris Wheel begin?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d) 8

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frank Haven Hall invent?

2. What is Anna's nickname?

3. What does Burnham fear the Retrenchment Committee will do?

4. Which of the following do Anna and Minnie not see at the fair?

5. Who is in charge of finding the three children?

(see the answer keys)

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