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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holmes not want to become when he dies?
(a) Forgotten
(b) A reincarnation
(c) An exhibit
(d) A specimen

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

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

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

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

6. Where is the Ferris Wheel reconstructed?
(a) New York
(b) Louisiana
(c) London
(d) Paris

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

8. Where is Burnham buried?
(a) Horace cemetery in Memphis
(b) Graceland cemetery in Chicago
(c) Leper cemetery in Los Angeles
(d) Hollywood cemetery in Los Angeles

9. What is the name of the asylum to which Olmsted is admitted?
(a) Smith
(b) McFarlane
(c) Jones
(d) McLean

10. With how many cars does the Ferris Wheel begin?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d) 8

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

12. How many people arrive for Independence Day at the fair?
(a) 200,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 80,000
(d) 500,000

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

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

15. Where does Prendergast go in the Prendergast chapter?
(a) The White House
(b) Ireland
(c) The Corporate Counsel
(d) The City Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Olsted left the completion of the Exposition to _________.

2. How many weeks are left to the end of the Exposition?

3. Who does Burnhan want to lower their rates?

4. To where has the chambermaid moved?

5. Who does Susan Anthony meet at the fair?

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