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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Holmes take to the hotel with him?
(a) Anna
(b) Mrs. Lawrence
(c) Minnie
(d) Mrs. Burnham

2. What does a New York editor call for other New York editors to do for Chicago?
(a) Apologize
(b) Advertise the fair for free
(c) Visit the fair
(d) Donate them money

3. What are the names of the three children?
(a) Alice, Rose and Jim
(b) Alice, Nellie and Howard
(c) Nellie, James and Alice
(d) Howard, Alice and Jackie

4. Which of the following do Anna and Minnie not see at the fair?
(a) Movie
(b) Telephone
(c) Television
(d) Electric chair

5. Who attends in place of Ferris?
(a) Obstom
(b) Holmes
(c) Burnham
(d) Grounau

6. With what is the closing ceremony replaced?
(a) Harrison's funeral
(b) Major elections
(c) A ball
(d) Columbus Day

7. Olsted left the completion of the Exposition to _________.
(a) Holmes
(b) Root
(c) Ulrich
(d) Burnham

8. Whose skeleton do the police find?
(a) Mrs Lawrence's
(b) Emeline's
(c) Pearl's
(d) Julia's

9. In which state does Minnie have land?
(a) Louisianna
(b) New York
(c) North Carolina
(d) Texas

10. For what is the Ferris wheel eventually used?
(a) Scrap metal
(b) A tourist attraction
(c) Offices
(d) A water mill

11. In which city is Holmes' trial?
(a) Chicago
(b) New York
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Philadephia

12. In which month does the attendance rise?
(a) August
(b) September
(c) October
(d) November

13. How does Millet die aboard the Titanic?
(a) He freezes to death.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He kills himself.

14. Where does Geyer think Howard died?
(a) South Carolina
(b) Indianapolis
(c) Virginia
(d) North Carolina

15. Whose World's Fair attendance record does Chicago beat?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Beijing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the asylum to which Olmsted is admitted?

2. Who does Burnham have to satisfy by keeping the attendance high?

3. Whose bodies does Geyer find in Toronto?

4. What is the name of the woman Harrison is marrying?

5. Which small town outside Indianapolis does Geyer visit?

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