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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. Why does Roosevelt suffer bouts of depression?
(a) It is an inherited condition
(b) He is not nominated for President
(c) His wife and mother die on the same day
(d) He loses his bid for Congress

2. Humboldt is the first European to ___________________________________.
(a) fly from Paris to New York
(b) sense the greatness of America's Incan and Mayan civilizations
(c) create a botanical garden
(d) sail through the Panama Canal

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

4. Which U.S. president attended the bridge opening?
(a) U.S. Grant
(b) Grover Cleveland
(c) Chester A. Arthur
(d) Warren Harding

5. How many children does Harriet have?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 7

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alexander von Humboldt?

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

3. In what city is Frederic Remington when the chapter opens?

4. Who sells the idea for the project to civic leaders in 1882?

5. What is Harriet's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the impetus for the Brooklyn Bridge?

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

3. What is Frederic Remington's background?

4. Remington is prolific with his painting and writing but what new medium does he discover which he feels will make him immortal?

5. What is the nature of Harriet Beecher's childhood?

6. What is the topic of "The Builders?"

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

8. What is the purpose of Brave Companions?

9. What precipitates the finding of the carpentry shop treasure?

10. Explain Harriet's familiarity with slavery which allows her to write Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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