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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What act guarantees exclusive U.S. rights to build the railroad?
(a) Treaty of Versailles
(b) Bidlack Treaty
(c) U.N. Treaty
(d) Treaty of Greenville

2. Where was the first stake for the railroad driven?
(a) Victoria Island
(b) Manzanillo Island
(c) Balboa Island
(d) Ellis Island

3. What does Theodore Roosevelt find even more interesting about Remington than his paintings?
(a) His horse skills
(b) His drinking ability
(c) His background
(d) His writing

4. To which Ohio city does Harriet's family move?
(a) Cincinnati
(b) Portsmouth
(c) Dayton
(d) Columbus

5. Who does Harriet consider guilty of slavery?
(a) Southern cotton merchants
(b) George Washington
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) All white Americans

6. What response does Valentine get from public institutions regarding the drawings at first?
(a) Wild enthusiasm
(b) Disdain
(c) Mild interest
(d) No interest

7. What does Roosevelt head to the Badlands to do?
(a) Write
(b) Open a dude ranch
(c) Work on the railroad
(d) Start a new family

8. What is showing signs of wear on the bridge?
(a) Trunnions
(b) Caissons
(c) Cement
(d) Joints

9. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?
(a) She is a terrible cook
(b) She is a literary woman
(c) She can't keep plants alive
(d) She is a wonderful mother

10. What does Remington come to dislike about the West?
(a) Indian reservations
(b) No culture
(c) Civilization
(d) The Gold Rush

11. What was the impetus for the railroad?
(a) Ship military implements for the Civil War
(b) Connect East coast gold seekers with California
(c) A passenger train for vacationers
(d) Ship California produce to the East coast

12. This book is a volume of 17 __________________.
(a) poems
(b) speeches
(c) eulogies
(d) articles and addresses

13. The "Steam Road to El Dorado" is the story of the _______________ Railroad.
(a) Santa Fe
(b) Union Pacific
(c) B&O
(d) Panama

14. Who was the New York governor who attended the bridge opening?
(a) Grover Cleveland
(b) Fiorello La Guardia
(c) Ed Koch
(d) John Lindsay

15. What donations is Agassiz able to attain for the school?
(a) Geology field trips
(b) Horse skeletons
(c) Scholarships
(d) Biology textbooks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sells the idea for the project to civic leaders in 1882?

2. What is Agassiz' teaching style?

3. What is the name of Humboldt's book that inspired Charles Darwin and others?

4. Medora is the location of what national site?

5. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?

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