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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. Who does Holmes take to the hotel with him?
(a) Mrs. Lawrence
(b) Anna
(c) Minnie
(d) Mrs. Burnham

2. How many weeks are left to the end of the Exposition?
(a) 2
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) 3

3. What is the favorite attraction at the fair?
(a) The roller coaster
(b) The Library
(c) The Ferris Wheel
(d) The Eiffel Tower

4. What does a man pick up from Holmes' hotel later that night?
(a) A car
(b) A horse
(c) A suitcase of money
(d) Two large crates

5. Who leaves before the closing ceremony?
(a) Burnham
(b) McKim
(c) Holmes
(d) Anna

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Burnham buried?

2. By whose visit is the opening of the Ferris Wheel overshadowed?

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

4. What is Burnham not told about?

5. Who did Omsted write to say what people thought of the Exposition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Holmes kill Anna?

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

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

6. What eventually happens to Burnham and his wife?

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

8. Describe Prendergast's visit to the City Hall.

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

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

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