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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is Prendergast campaigning?
(a) Daniel Burnham
(b) Alfred Trude
(c) Carter Harrison
(d) H. H Holmes

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

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

4. Who disembarks from a train in this chapter?
(a) Daniel Burnham
(b) John Root
(c) H.H. Holmes
(d) Hannah Clarke

5. Who does Holmes ask Minnie to invite to the fair?
(a) Mara
(b) Jana
(c) Helena
(d) Anna

6. What do the the police think Holmes placed on the floor by his kiln?
(a) Oil
(b) Pins
(c) Nails
(d) Acid

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

8. Where do Burnham's wife and children live?
(a) Manhatten
(b) Jacksonville
(c) Evanston
(d) Dwight

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

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

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

12. What is the only reason the police would have for finding a missing person?
(a) If they had money
(b) If they were a child
(c) If they were famous
(d) If the government told them to

13. What is the name of Holmes' new woman?
(a) Hannah
(b) Lauren
(c) Emeline
(d) Georgina

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

15. What was the Exposition celebrating?
(a) Prosperity
(b) A new century
(c) America's independence
(d) Columbus' discovery of America

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they decide is the best site for the exposition?

2. Where does Holmes' wife live?

3. How many years have passed since the Exposition?

4. What is the biggest attraction at the Exposition?

5. What does Holmes' Silver Ash Institute support?

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