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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problems are happening in America during this time?
(a) A depression
(b) A war
(c) Violent storms
(d) Government corruption

2. Who is president of the United States in 1893?
(a) Glover Cleveland
(b) Jackson Browne
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Abraham Lincoln

3. Who is supervising landscape architect?
(a) James Ellsworth
(b) Harry Codman
(c) John Root
(d) Frederick Olmsted

4. Where does Holmes' wife live?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Charlotte
(c) Willmett
(d) New York

5. What is the name of the hotel where Hut is staying?
(a) The Washington
(b) The Jackson
(c) The Wellington
(d) The Lincoln

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Burnham's wife and children live?

2. What is the name of the husband of the family that moves into Holmes' hotel?

3. To whom does Prendergast send a postcard?

4. For what day is the opening ceremony scheduled?

5. How many workers die from January to April?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burnham concede in his negotiations with the unions?

2. What wi the Exposition like at night?

3. What mistake has the structural engineer made in Cold Blooded Fact?

4. Why does Holmes send Pitezel to obtain Dr. Kelley's cure for alcoholism?

5. Why does Prendergast want to help Carter Harrison?

6. What happens between Julia and Holmes in Remains of the Day?

7. Why are the attendances initially low?

8. Why does Holmes invite Anna to the fair?

9. How is the city of Chicago preparing for the fair in Dreadful Things Done By Girls?

10. What is Chicago's attitude toward missing people in the 19th century?

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