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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ceremony takes place in the At Last chapter?

2. Where does Holmes state that Howard is?

3. With how many cars does the Ferris Wheel begin?

4. What does Holmes seek to hear in his victims?

5. What does Carter Harrison urge businesses to do on Chicago Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventually happens to the Ferris wheel?

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

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

4. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

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

6. What does Burnham manage to prove to the world?

7. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Devil in the White City is part of the true crime genre.

1) What are the conventions of the true crime genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did White City help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in White City?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Larson use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Who were Daniel Burnham and John Root? How influential were Daniel Burnham and John Root in helping to create contemporary Chicago? Why were they chosen as the chief architects?

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