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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Meechum tries to get outside the station to flag the train?
(a) He is shot and hit on the head.
(b) He stumbles.
(c) He runs into someone coming inside at the same time.
(d) He cuts his hand on the lantern.

2. Where is Harvey Shields in Chapter 1?
(a) On a sinking Canadian luxury liner.
(b) On a train.
(c) In a car.
(d) At home.

3. When was the locomotive built?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1910.

4. What is Richard Essex doing on the train?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Writing a letter to his wife.

5. What time does a ship sink on the St. Lawrence River?
(a) 4 p.m.
(b) 2:10 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 3 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Mercier suggest that the United States buy electricity?

2. What happens to Shields at the end of Chapter 2?

3. While Harding and Meechum wait for the Manhattan Limited, who comes into the station?

4. What does the person who comes into the station want?

5. How many people die on the train?

(see the answer key)

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