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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carter Harrison urge businesses to do on Chicago Day?
(a) Donate their profits to the fair
(b) Hang out flags and other decorations
(c) Close
(d) Open longer

2. Who of the following is one of the first people to take a ride on the Ferris wheel?
(a) Holmes
(b) Grounau
(c) Anna
(d) Prendergast

3. How does Millet die aboard the Titanic?
(a) He freezes to death.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He drowns.

4. Whose skeleton do the police find?
(a) Pearl's
(b) Julia's
(c) Emeline's
(d) Mrs Lawrence's

5. Why did Burnham ignore most of Olmsted's advice?
(a) The advice is awful.
(b) He wants to keep control.
(c) Olmsted does not know what is really happening.
(d) The fair is doing very well.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people die from an explosion?

2. Which character dies aboard the Titanic?

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

4. Why does McKim leave so early?

5. How long does the first turn of the Ferris wheel take?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Burnham not listen to advice from Olmsted?

2. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

3. What does Geyer find out about the children in Indianapolis?

4. What eventually happens to Holmes?

5. Describe Prendergast's visit to the City Hall.

6. Why does Burnham have to raise attendance?

7. What happens to the Ferris Wheel during the windstorm?

8. How does Holmes kill Anna?

9. Describe the first test runs with the Ferris Wheel.

10. What happens to Millet in the Aboard the Olympic chapter?

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