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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes it hard to retain workers for the railroad?
(a) The heat
(b) The Gold Rush
(c) Treacherous terrain
(d) Low pay

2. How many drawings are sent to be cleaned?
(a) 65
(b) 1,000
(c) 15
(d) 175

3. Where does Theodore Roosevelt spend his time in this chapter?
(a) Florida swamps
(b) Dakota Badlands
(c) Mojave Desert
(d) Appalachian Mountains

4. Who takes over the project when John Roebling dies?
(a) Warner Roebling
(b) Washington Roebling
(c) U.S. Grant
(d) Richard Remington

5. How is the answer to #77 paralyzed?
(a) From a train accident
(b) From "the bends"
(c) From a boating accident
(d) From polio

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Remington come to dislike about the West?

2. What number is the end mark in journalistic pieces as well as the day of the month that Richter died?

3. What was the impetus for the railroad?

4. Miriam's father and uncle are both gifted amateur __________________.

5. How many aviators die attempting to cross the Atlantic before Charles Lindbergh, Jr.?

(see the answer key)

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