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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To which Ohio city does Harriet's family move?
(a) Dayton
(b) Cincinnati
(c) Portsmouth
(d) Columbus
2. How many drawings are sent to be cleaned?
(a) 15
(b) 65
(c) 1,000
(d) 175
3. In what countries do Humboldt and Bonpland spend two years?
(a) Columbia, Ecuador and Peru
(b) Thailand, China, India
(c) Italy, Germany and France
(d) Ireland, Scotland and Wales
4. "The Builders" is the story of the building of _________________.
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge
(b) The Golden Gate Bridge
(c) Mount Rushmore
(d) The Eiffel Tower
5. What is Agassiz' teaching style?
(a) Comparative
(b) Remote
(c) Hands-on
(d) Observation
6. What does Theodore Roosevelt find even more interesting about Remington than his paintings?
(a) His writing
(b) His horse skills
(c) His background
(d) His drinking ability
7. Most of the railroad lies in what type of terrain?
(a) Mountains
(b) Forests
(c) Rainforest
(d) Desert
8. How many documents does Valentine find?
(a) 10,000
(b) 6,000
(c) 5,000
(d) 1,000
9. Agassiz helps people understand how ______________ created natural phenomena in Europe.
(a) Global Warming
(b) The Big Bang
(c) The Ice Age
(d) God
10. Who is Louis Agassiz?
(a) Tennis player
(b) Humboldt's protege
(c) Jefferson's secretary
(d) President of France
11. Roosevelt's family attribute his presidency and his Rough Riders to ______________________.
(a) his wife
(b) his studies
(c) his grit
(d) his Medora experience
12. Why does Agassiz first come to the United States?
(a) To go on a Lecture Tour
(b) To teach at Yale
(c) To meet the president
(d) To find a wife
13. How many children does Harriet have?
(a) 2
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) 5
14. What is a major impediment to construction of the railroad?
(a) The financing
(b) The terrain
(c) The natives
(d) The climate
15. The idea for the railroad originates with three men who are _______________________.
(a) not railroad men
(b) railroad executives
(c) army officers
(d) politicians
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the president of the project who dies of malaria on the job?
2. What is Harriet's nickname?
3. What does Roosevelt head to the Badlands to do?
4. What is the name of Roosevelt's ranch near Medora?
5. What is young Remington pursuing as the chapter opens?
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