The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair That Changed America Test | Final Test - Easy

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair That Changed America Test | Final Test - Easy

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days early does Groneau want to open the Ferris Wheel?
(a) 1
(b) 7
(c) 4
(d) 2

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

3. What is Prendergast's sentence for killing Harrison?
(a) Life imprisonment
(b) Community service
(c) Death by electric chair
(d) Death by hanging

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

5. Where does the British navy boat sink?
(a) The Pacific Ocean
(b) The Indian Ocean
(c) Tripoli
(d) The Red Sea

6. What did Olmsted ask the people he met on his travels?
(a) How old were they
(b) Had they heard of the Exposition
(c) How the Exposition was going
(d) If they had any money

7. What does Holmes ask Anna to get from his vault?
(a) Documents
(b) His suitcase
(c) Money
(d) Photographs

8. What is Holmes trying to get published?
(a) His memoirs
(b) His diary
(c) His short stories
(d) His poetry

9. What ceremony takes place in the At Last chapter?
(a) The opening of the Ferris Wheel
(b) The opening of Holmes' hotel
(c) Independence Day celebration
(d) Burnham's birthday

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

11. What does a man pick up from Holmes' hotel later that night?
(a) A horse
(b) A car
(c) Two large crates
(d) A suitcase of money

12. Who refuses to give the Retrenchment Committee control of expenditure?
(a) The President
(b) The Chicago Councel
(c) The Exposition Company
(d) The Chicago mayor

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

14. How long does the first turn of the Ferris wheel take?
(a) 20 minutes
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 30 minutes
(d) 40 minutes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Burnham ignore most of Olmsted's advice?

2. Holmes' hotel always smells of __________________.

3. What is Anna's nickname?

4. To whom does the footprint belong?

5. Which character dies aboard the Titanic?

(see the answer keys)

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