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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is a train ticket agent?
(a) Sam Harding.
(b) Hiram Meechum.
(c) Andrew Stein.
(d) David Brown.

2. What is the date in Chapter 1?
(a) May 1914.
(b) July 1911.
(c) September 1914.
(d) August 1912.

3. Who is the Western Union night man?
(a) Stanley Martinson.
(b) Hiram Meechum.
(c) Stephen Michaelson.
(d) Sam Harding.

4. What train company does the ticket agent in Chapter 3 work for?
(a) Canadian Pacific Railway.
(b) The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad.
(c) Burlington Northern Railroad.
(d) New York & Quebec Northern Railroad.

5. While Harding and Meechum wait for the Manhattan Limited, who comes into the station?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) A train employee from headquarters.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A man fastidiously dressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, where is the train station located?

2. From where does Mercier suggest that the United States buy electricity?

3. How late is the train that should be coming into the station?

4. What happens to Shields at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What nickname has the train engineer given the locomotive?

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