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

2. Who does Holmes take to the hotel with him?
(a) Minnie
(b) Mrs. Lawrence
(c) Mrs. Burnham
(d) Anna

3. How long does the first turn of the Ferris wheel take?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 40 minutes
(d) 20 minutes

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

5. Whose bodies does Geyer find in Toronto?
(a) Jackie and Emeline
(b) Howard and Anna
(c) Georgina and Mrs. Lawrence
(d) Alice and Nellie

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose World's Fair attendance record does Chicago beat?

2. How does an official from the railroad commit suicide?

3. To whom does the footprint belong?

4. What did Frank Haven Hall invent?

5. What does Holmes not want to become when he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Exposition influence America?

2. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

3. What do the police find in Holmes' hotel?

4. How does Holmes react to Geyer's finding the bodies?

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

6. In what way can the characters of Burnham and Holmes be compared?

7. How does Holmes kill Anna?

8. What is Holmes's plan in the Independence Day chapter?

9. What does McKim write in his letter in the Departures chapter?

10. Describe the Spanish Royal Emissary's visit to Chicago.

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