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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. What ceremony takes place in the At Last chapter?
(a) The opening of the Ferris Wheel
(b) The opening of Holmes' hotel
(c) Burnham's birthday
(d) Independence Day celebration

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

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

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

5. Who of the following is one of the first people to take a ride on the Ferris wheel?
(a) Holmes
(b) Anna
(c) Prendergast
(d) Grounau

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frank Haven Hall invent?

2. What does Holmes do when Anna enters the vault?

3. What is Burnham not told about?

4. What is the name of the ship on which Burnham is a passenger?

5. To where has the chambermaid moved?

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventually happens to Holmes?

2. Describe the Spanish Royal Emissary's visit to Chicago.

3. What does McKim write in his letter in the Departures chapter?

4. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

5. What happens to Chicago after the Exposition is finished?

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

7. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

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

9. What do Minnie and Anna see at the fair?

10. How does Holmes kill Anna?

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