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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holmes seek to hear in his victims?
(a) God's voice
(b) Heavy breathing
(c) Apologies
(d) The approach of death

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

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

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

5. What does Holmes say Anna should start studying?
(a) Art
(b) Writing
(c) Architecture
(d) Literature

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

7. How does an official from the railroad commit suicide?
(a) Jumps off the Ferris wheel
(b) Overdoses
(c) Shoots himself
(d) Stabs himself

8. What does Holmes say when questioned by Barlow?
(a) I am innocent
(b) I am the devil
(c) Nothing
(d) I want my lawyer

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

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

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

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

13. Who does Burnhan want to lower their rates?
(a) Horse and carriages
(b) Trains
(c) Taxis
(d) Ticket sellers

14. What is the name of the ship on which Burnham is a passenger?
(a) The Daisy Stem
(b) The HMS Rose
(c) The Olympic
(d) The Titanic

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Millet promise the midway women could dance?

2. Who does Holmes take to the hotel with him?

3. Where does Geyer think Howard died?

4. What does Holmes ask Anna to get from his vault?

5. What illness does Burnham get later in his life?

(see the answer keys)

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