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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Burnham not told about?
(a) An accident on the Ferris Wheel
(b) A profit loss
(c) A fire
(d) His son's death

2. Who is Prendergast introduced to at the City Hall?
(a) Harrison
(b) Root
(c) Krause
(d) Jackson

3. What does the wind cause the Ferris Wheel to do?
(a) Vibrate
(b) Collapse
(c) Sway
(d) Rotate faster

4. What does Holmes not want to become when he dies?
(a) A reincarnation
(b) An exhibit
(c) A specimen
(d) Forgotten

5. How many days early does Groneau want to open the Ferris Wheel?
(a) 2
(b) 7
(c) 4
(d) 1

6. Who attends in place of Ferris?
(a) Grounau
(b) Holmes
(c) Obstom
(d) Burnham

7. Olsted left the completion of the Exposition to _________.
(a) Holmes
(b) Root
(c) Burnham
(d) Ulrich

8. How many people die from an explosion?
(a) 20
(b) 18
(c) 14
(d) 16

9. Holmes believes he is taking on the characteristics of __________.
(a) the devil
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Howard Pitezel
(d) Jesus

10. How many people arrive for Independence Day at the fair?
(a) 100,000
(b) 200,000
(c) 500,000
(d) 80,000

11. Whose body do they find at the end of the chapter?
(a) Mrs. Pitezel's
(b) Mrs. Lawrence's
(c) Ned's
(d) Howard's

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

13. Who does Sullivan blame for most of his problems?
(a) John Root
(b) Burnham
(c) Holmes
(d) His wife

14. What does Pitezel buy his son at the fair?
(a) A toy top
(b) A dog
(c) Lead soldiers
(d) A little drummer boy

15. Why does McKim leave so early?
(a) He hates the idea of the Exposition ending.
(b) He has a new job.
(c) He has an argument with Burnham.
(d) His wife is sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of the retrenchment committee?

2. What does the fact that Prendergast had one chamber in his empty gun show about him?

3. Who of the following is one of the first people to take a ride on the Ferris wheel?

4. What is Prendergast's sentence for killing Harrison?

5. Where is the Ferris Wheel reconstructed?

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