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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 subject had been an unpleasant one to Harriet since her childhood?
(a) Illness
(b) Women's rights
(c) Death penalty
(d) Slavery

2. The "Steam Road to El Dorado" is the story of the _______________ Railroad.
(a) B&O
(b) Santa Fe
(c) Union Pacific
(d) Panama

3. Medora is the location of what national site?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt National Park
(b) Mount Rushmore
(c) Little Big Horn
(d) Grant's Tomb

4. With whom does Mores think Roosevelt sides?
(a) Chicago beef trust
(b) Railroad men
(c) Republicans
(d) Democrats

5. What are the found treasures?
(a) Blueprints and drawings
(b) Legal documents
(c) Buried coins
(d) Letters

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person in #80 carry across the bridge as a symbol of victory?

2. What is Mores' plan for the town of Medora?

3. What does Agassiz turn into a temporary museum filled with his new collection of specimens?

4. Why does Roosevelt suffer bouts of depression?

5. To which Ohio city does Harriet's family move?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who founded the town of Medora and what was his purpose for doing so?

2. What is the purpose of Brave Companions?

3. What are the unusual circumstances of Hattie's marriage?

4. What is the human cost of building the Panama Railroad?

5. How is Agassiz' American lecture tour described?

6. What is Valentine's struggle with getting the bridge documents validated?

7. Why does Agassiz decide to make America his permanent home?

8. What are the major impediments to building the Panama Railroad?

9. When is the idea for the Panama Railroad born and who are its creators?

10. What is the focus of "Glory Days in Medora?

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