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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many workers die from January to April?
(a) 7
(b) 21
(c) 3
(d) 8

2. What does Sol Bloom open?
(a) A brothel
(b) A Morrocan village
(c) A saloon bar
(d) An Algerian vilage

3. How many architects does Burnham invite to work on the designs?
(a) 12
(b) 3
(c) 18
(d) 5

4. What is the reason people are not coming to the exposition?
(a) Chicago's crime
(b) It is unsafe to travel
(c) The depression
(d) Bad transport

5. What was the Exposition's unofficial name?
(a) Columbo
(b) Chicago Hope
(c) White City
(d) Black CIty

6. Which member of Myrta's family does Holmes meet?
(a) Uncle David
(b) Her father
(c) Aunt Sally
(d) Uncle John

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

8. Emeline is from ___________.
(a) Kansas
(b) Charlotte
(c) Dwight
(d) New York

9. When does Gertrude become uneasy?
(a) When Ned enters the room
(b) When she sees a dog
(c) When Holmes enters the room
(d) When she sees a cat

10. Who is given the job of increasing attendance?
(a) Frank Millet
(b) Grover Cleveland
(c) Daniel Burnham
(d) Frederick Folly

11. What does Prendergast send out to influential people?
(a) Letters
(b) Postcards
(c) Champagne
(d) Photographs

12. What does the President turn on at the opening ceremony?
(a) A roller coaster
(b) The Ferris Wheel
(c) A car engine
(d) The electricity

13. Where does Holmes say Julia has gone?
(a) Iowa
(b) London
(c) Evanston
(d) Dwight

14. To whom does Holmes sell the articulated skeleton?
(a) The police station
(b) A medical school
(c) Ned
(d) The Exposition

15. What is the name of Minnie's sister?
(a) Anna
(b) Hananah
(c) Helena
(d) Lauren

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Holmes' new woman?

2. Where does Holmes' wife live?

3. In what year does Chicago win the vote to hold the Exposition?

4. What is the name of the engineer who is awarded the concession?

5. Which structure do the architects want to do better?

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