The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair That Changed America Test | Final Test - Medium

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness in the Fair That Changed America Test | Final Test - Medium

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 asylum to which Olmsted is admitted?
(a) Jones
(b) McFarlane
(c) Smith
(d) McLean

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

3. Where does the British navy boat sink?
(a) The Pacific Ocean
(b) The Red Sea
(c) The Indian Ocean
(d) Tripoli

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

5. Which character dies aboard the Titanic?
(a) Burnham
(b) Millet
(c) Holmes
(d) Olmsted

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes not want to become when he dies?

2. Of what does Holmes write three different versions?

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

4. Olsted left the completion of the Exposition to _________.

5. Who does Burnhan want to lower their rates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

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

3. What does Burnham manage to prove to the world?

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

5. What happens in Mr. Chamberlain's office in the Departure chapter?

6. What eventually happens to Burnham and his wife?

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

8. Why does the New York editor want his fellow editors to apologize to Chicago?

9. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

10. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

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