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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 is the name of the husband of the family that moves into Holmes' hotel?
(a) Jay
(b) Frank
(c) Ned
(d) Jackson

2. Where was the Exposition of 1893 held?
(a) New York
(b) Chicago
(c) London
(d) Paris

3. Where does Holmes say Julia has gone?
(a) Iowa
(b) Dwight
(c) Evanston
(d) London

4. Who is Holmes paying attention to in this chapter?
(a) John Root
(b) Ned
(c) Ned's daughter
(d) Ned's wife and sister

5. What does Holmes advertise in the local papers?
(a) His horse
(b) His pharmacy
(c) His World's Fair Hotel
(d) His marriage to Minnie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes' Silver Ash Institute support?

2. What is the name of Ned's wife?

3. How much does the murder rate rise in America as the economy falls?

4. What problems are happening in America during this time?

5. What is the name of the engineer who is awarded the concession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems is Burnham facing in Gauntlet Dropped?

2. What problems is Chicago having in the Convocation?

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

4. Why does Holmes invite Anna to the fair?

5. What wi the Exposition like at night?

6. How does Holmes prove himself untrustworthy in Hotel for the Fair?

7. Why are the attendances initially low?

8. What difference does the painter Millet make?

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

10. What does Pendergast say in the postcard he sends Cooling?

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