View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is president of the United States in 1893?
(a) Jackson Browne
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Glover Cleveland

3. Why does Dr. Holmes want Anna to come to Chicago?
(a) To make her less skeptical
(b) To keep Minnie on his side
(c) To marry her
(d) To keep Minnie occupied

4. How many years have passed since the Exposition?
(a) 34
(b) 22
(c) 19
(d) 12

5. From what illness is John Root suffering?
(a) Flu
(b) Consumption
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Cholera

6. What is Holmes' building nicknamed by the locals?
(a) The torture chamber
(b) The castle
(c) Murder place
(d) The love den

7. What word best describes Chicago in the late 1880's?
(a) Cheerful
(b) Loving
(c) Prosperous
(d) Violent

8. What does Holmes pay Charles Chappell to do?
(a) Mop his floors
(b) Get rid of evidence
(c) Clean bones
(d) Find women

9. What is Alfred Trude's job?
(a) Pharmacist
(b) Doctor
(c) Lawyer
(d) Politician

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

11. Why does Anna accept the invitation?
(a) She wants to go to the fair.
(b) She wants to meet Dr. Holmes.
(c) She likes traveling.
(d) She wants to escape her husband.

12. What problems are happening in America during this time?
(a) A depression
(b) Government corruption
(c) A war
(d) Violent storms

13. In what building do Burnham and John Root sit?
(a) The Bootle building
(b) The City Church
(c) The City Hall
(d) The Rookery building

14. What is the daily attendance up to the end of May?
(a) 80,000
(b) 40,000
(c) 30,000
(d) 20,000

15. What does Mrs. Lawrence think has happened to Emeline?
(a) She has killed herself.
(b) She has been kidnapped.
(c) She has been murdered.
(d) She has run away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Burnham's official job?

3. When does Gertrude become uneasy?

4. Where does Holmes say Julia has gone?

5. Where does Holmes' wife live?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 336 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample