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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman Harrison is marrying?
(a) Lauren Jackal
(b) Joanna Charles
(c) Jackie Davis
(d) Annie Howard

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

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

4. What does the wind cause the Ferris Wheel to do?
(a) Collapse
(b) Vibrate
(c) Rotate faster
(d) Sway

5. Who is in charge of finding the three children?
(a) Frank Geyer
(b) Howard Pitezel
(c) Dr. Holmes
(d) Jack Ohio

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

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. Who leaves before the closing ceremony?
(a) McKim
(b) Burnham
(c) Anna
(d) Holmes

9. What hits the Ferris Wheel?
(a) Metorite
(b) A tornado
(c) Lightning
(d) A windstorm

10. What does American want its cities to be after the fair?
(a) Peaceful havens
(b) Exciting, but safe
(c) Pretty and clean
(d) Big and brash

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

12. What evidence do the police have?
(a) Children's toys
(b) Foot prints
(c) Fingerprints
(d) Letters

13. What does Holmes do when Anna enters the vault?
(a) Turns on poisonous gas
(b) Shoots her
(c) Seals the door
(d) Enters with her

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the three children?

2. Of whose murder is Holmes convicted?

3. Of what does Holmes write three different versions?

4. Where does Geyer think Howard died?

5. Who is Prendergast introduced to at the City Hall?

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