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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what city do three of the architects come?
(a) New Orleans
(b) Kentucky
(c) Boston
(d) New York

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

3. Where does Holmes meet Minnie?
(a) Boston
(b) Dwight
(c) New York
(d) England

4. What is the name of this chapter?
(a) Cold Blood
(b) World Fair Hotel
(c) Chappell Redux
(d) Love

5. Who is the president of the board of architects?
(a) Sullivan
(b) Hunt
(c) Burnham
(d) Root

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

7. Who is supervising landscape architect?
(a) Harry Codman
(b) James Ellsworth
(c) Frederick Olmsted
(d) John Root

8. Which structure do the architects want to do better?
(a) The Empire State Building
(b) Carnary Wharf
(c) The Astronomical Clock
(d) The Eiffel Tower

9. What kind of shop does Holmes buy?
(a) A sweet shop
(b) A pharmacy
(c) A newspaper shop
(d) A gas station

10. What is the name of the woman who designs the Women's Building?
(a) Sophia Hayden
(b) Daisy Whiner
(c) Lily Fangs
(d) Janet Burnham

11. What is the title of Burnham's official job?
(a) Chief accountant
(b) Supervising landscape architect
(c) Supervising architect
(d) Chief of construction

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

13. What do the Chicago architects want to show their Eastern counterparts?
(a) They have money
(b) They are better
(c) They are better designers
(d) Chicago is more than cows and pigs

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

15. Holmes says he is the son of ______________.
(a) the Spanish king
(b) a Scottish lord
(c) an English lord
(d) an American politician

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alfred Trude's job?

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

3. What is the name of the hotel where Hut is staying?

4. What is the name of the new family that moves into Holmes' apartment?

5. How many years have passed since the Exposition?

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