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. What did Frank Haven Hall invent?
(a) The telephone
(b) A machine to type braille
(c) Chewing gum
(d) Revolvers

2. Why did Burnham ignore most of Olmsted's advice?
(a) The advice is awful.
(b) The fair is doing very well.
(c) Olmsted does not know what is really happening.
(d) He wants to keep control.

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

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

5. Which small town outside Indianapolis does Geyer visit?
(a) Leapbull
(b) Hollandska
(c) Irvington
(d) Fromington

6. On what day does Harrison announce his upcoming marriage?
(a) Columbus Day
(b) American Farm Day
(c) American Cities Day
(d) Independence Day

7. Where does Geyer begin his search?
(a) Cincinnati
(b) El Paso
(c) Charlotte
(d) George Town

8. What illness does Burnham get later in his life?
(a) Asthma
(b) Cancer
(c) HIV
(d) Diabetes

9. What does Pitezel buy his son at the fair?
(a) A little drummer boy
(b) Lead soldiers
(c) A toy top
(d) A dog

10. Where does Geyer return to until August?
(a) Philidephia
(b) Pittsburgh
(c) Los Angeles
(d) New York

11. To where has the chambermaid moved?
(a) New York
(b) New Orleans
(c) Chicago
(d) Dwight

12. With whom does Millet promise the midway women could dance?
(a) The Columbian Guards
(b) Government officials
(c) Sailors
(d) Exposition officials

13. How much longer does Harrison say he will live?
(a) Half a century
(b) 20 years
(c) Ten years
(d) A century

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

15. Who is Prendergast introduced to at the City Hall?
(a) Jackson
(b) Root
(c) Harrison
(d) Krause

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes seek to hear in his victims?

2. What is Prendergast's sentence for killing Harrison?

3. Where does Holmes state that Howard is?

4. What does American want its cities to be after the fair?

5. By whose visit is the opening of the Ferris Wheel overshadowed?

(see the answer keys)

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