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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Toward Triumph | Part 3, Departures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the murder rate rise in America as the economy falls?
(a) 62%
(b) 40%
(c) 28%
(d) 30%

2. Who does Prendergast want to become his assistant?
(a) Holmes
(b) Root
(c) Cooling
(d) Burnham

3. What does Carter Harrison urge businesses to do on Chicago Day?
(a) Close
(b) Hang out flags and other decorations
(c) Open longer
(d) Donate their profits to the fair

4. Who leaves before the closing ceremony?
(a) McKim
(b) Holmes
(c) Burnham
(d) Anna

5. To whom does Prendergast send a postcard?
(a) Jesse Jackson
(b) Daniel Burnham
(c) Grover Cleveland
(d) W. F. Cooling

Short Answer Questions

1. In which state does Minnie have land?

2. What is the biggest attraction at the Exposition?

3. To whom does Holmes sell the articulated skeleton?

4. Who does the fair hire to keep fairgoers safe?

5. Whose World's Fair attendance record does Chicago beat?

(see the answer key)

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