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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. Where does Geyer begin his search?
(a) Charlotte
(b) Cincinnati
(c) El Paso
(d) George Town

2. What illness does Burnham get later in his life?
(a) Asthma
(b) Cancer
(c) HIV
(d) Diabetes

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

4. Who does Burnham have to satisfy by keeping the attendance high?
(a) Local businessmen
(b) Himself
(c) Investors
(d) Bankers

5. Where does Mrs. Pitezel learn that her children's bodies have been discovered?
(a) A telegram office
(b) In the newspaper
(c) The police station
(d) On the radio

Short Answer Questions

1. To where has the chambermaid moved?

2. To whom does the footprint belong?

3. How many people die from an explosion?

4. Of what does Holmes write three different versions?

5. What does a man pick up from Holmes' hotel later that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Chicago after the Exposition is finished?

2. What does Geyer find out about the children in Indianapolis?

3. What does Geyer find in Toronto?

4. How does Holmes react to Geyer's finding the bodies?

5. In what way can the characters of Burnham and Holmes be compared?

6. What does McKim write in his letter in the Departures chapter?

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

8. What do Minnie and Anna see at the fair?

9. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

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

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