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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two of Roebling's successful projects were in ______________ and Niagara Falls.
(a) Portsmouth
(b) Paris
(c) San Francisco
(d) Cincinnati

2. What does Remington falsely claim to be?
(a) Wagon train leader
(b) Cowpuncher and Indian fighter
(c) U.S. Congressman
(d) U.S. Cavalry lieutenant

3. What does Harriet's husband insist about her?
(a) She is a literary woman
(b) She is a wonderful mother
(c) She is a terrible cook
(d) She can't keep plants alive

4. The town of ________________ ought to be as celebrated as Dodge City or Tombstone.
(a) Mentor
(b) Medora
(c) Midori
(d) Malvern

5. What is Harriet's nickname?
(a) Harrie
(b) Hat pin
(c) Hattie
(d) Beaches

6. According to Remington the West is filled with horses, blood and _________________.
(a) whiskey
(b) bandits
(c) cacti
(d) profanity

7. Humboldt and Bonpland explored the New World colonies of which country?
(a) Italy
(b) Great Britain
(c) France
(d) Spain

8. Agassiz becomes American's premiere _______________.
(a) filmmaker
(b) sculptor
(c) painter
(d) naturalist

9. Who does Mores crusade against when he returns to France?
(a) Italians
(b) Muslims
(c) Jews
(d) Catholics

10. What is the major disease that kills many of the workers on the railroad?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Diabetes
(c) Malaria
(d) AIDS

11. Who is the president of the project who dies of malaria on the job?
(a) William Henry Aspinwald
(b) Henry Chauncey
(c) Frederic Remington
(d) John Lloyd Stephens

12. Most of the railroad lies in what type of terrain?
(a) Desert
(b) Forests
(c) Rainforest
(d) Mountains

13. Where does Valentine find documents related to the bridge?
(a) A bank vault
(b) The carpentry shop
(c) Roebling's home
(d) The New York Public Library

14. When was the first stake for the railroad driven?
(a) March 1850
(b) April 1855
(c) May 1860
(d) May 1850

15. What is the name of Roosevelt's ranch near Medora?
(a) Roosevelt Ranch
(b) Elkhorn Ranch
(c) Little Big Ranch
(d) Western White House

Short Answer Questions

1. Medora is the location of what national site?

2. From what school is the young artist forced to drop out upon the death of his father?

3. What is Agassiz' teaching style?

4. What is young Remington pursuing as the chapter opens?

5. What subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?

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