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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. Prendergast thinks he is about to be appointed as ________________.
(a) Corporate counsel
(b) Chief architect
(c) Chief engineer
(d) President

2. From what illness is John Root suffering?
(a) Consumption
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Flu
(d) Cholera

3. Why does Anna accept the invitation?
(a) She wants to escape her husband.
(b) She wants to meet Dr. Holmes.
(c) She wants to go to the fair.
(d) She likes traveling.

4. What does the author state that Chicago has a lot of during this time?
(a) Marriages
(b) Children
(c) Murder
(d) Disappearances

5. What does Mrs. Lawrence think has happened to Emeline?
(a) She has killed herself.
(b) She has been murdered.
(c) She has been kidnapped.
(d) She has run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Emeline's footprint later be discovered?

2. What kind of shop does Holmes buy?

3. Who is running for his fifth term as mayor?

4. What is the reason people are not coming to the exposition?

5. What is the name of the new family that moves into Holmes' apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Modus Operandi chapter say about Pendergast's desires as a serial killer?

2. What are Holmes' initial impressions of Chicago?

3. Describe Chicago before the Exposition.

4. Describe the submission sent in by George Ferris.

5. Why does Mrs. Lawrence not go to the police in Chappell Redux?

6. What wi the Exposition like at night?

7. What do the architects want to achieve from the Exposition?

8. How is Prendergast beginning to show that he is insane?

9. Why does Holmes invite Anna to the fair?

10. What is Chicago's attitude toward missing people in the 19th century?

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