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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 seek to hear in his victims?
(a) God's voice
(b) The approach of death
(c) Heavy breathing
(d) Apologies

2. To whom does the footprint belong?
(a) Pearl
(b) Mrs. Lawrence
(c) Emeline
(d) Howard

3. What does the wind cause the Ferris Wheel to do?
(a) Collapse
(b) Sway
(c) Vibrate
(d) Rotate faster

4. What does Holmes say Anna should start studying?
(a) Writing
(b) Art
(c) Architecture
(d) Literature

5. To where has the chambermaid moved?
(a) Dwight
(b) New Orleans
(c) New York
(d) Chicago

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anna's nickname?

2. Where does Mrs. Pitezel learn that her children's bodies have been discovered?

3. In which city is Holmes' trial?

4. Who carries out Holmes' burial instructions?

5. Where does Geyer think Howard died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What eventually happens to the Ferris wheel?

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

4. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

5. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

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

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

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

9. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

10. What happens to George Ferris?

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