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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. Who refuses to give the Retrenchment Committee control of expenditure?
(a) The Chicago mayor
(b) The Exposition Company
(c) The President
(d) The Chicago Councel

2. Who does Burnhan want to lower their rates?
(a) Trains
(b) Taxis
(c) Ticket sellers
(d) Horse and carriages

3. Where does Geyer return to until August?
(a) New York
(b) Pittsburgh
(c) Philidephia
(d) Los Angeles

4. What is Prendergast's sentence for killing Harrison?
(a) Life imprisonment
(b) Death by hanging
(c) Death by electric chair
(d) Community service

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does McKim leave so early?

2. What evidence do the police have?

3. How many days early does Groneau want to open the Ferris Wheel?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventually happens to Holmes?

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

3. What happens to Chicago after the Exposition is finished?

4. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

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

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

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

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

9. What do Minnie and Anna see at the fair?

10. How does the Exposition influence America?

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