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

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

3. Olsted left the completion of the Exposition to _________.
(a) Ulrich
(b) Root
(c) Holmes
(d) Burnham

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

5. What is Burnham not told about?
(a) A profit loss
(b) A fire
(c) An accident on the Ferris Wheel
(d) His son's death

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do the police not find at Holmes' hotel?

2. Which small town outside Indianapolis does Geyer visit?

3. Holmes believes he is taking on the characteristics of __________.

4. Who carries out Holmes' burial instructions?

5. Why does McKim leave so early?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the Ferris Wheel during the windstorm?

2. Describe the first test runs with the Ferris Wheel.

3. What is Holmes's plan in the Independence Day chapter?

4. What eventually happens to Burnham and his wife?

5. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

6. Describe the Spanish Royal Emissary's visit to Chicago.

7. What eventually happens to Holmes?

8. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

9. Why does Burnham not listen to advice from Olmsted?

10. How does Holmes kill Anna?

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