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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. How does Millet die aboard the Titanic?
(a) He freezes to death.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He is shot.

2. For what is the Ferris wheel eventually used?
(a) Scrap metal
(b) A water mill
(c) Offices
(d) A tourist attraction

3. What did Olmsted ask the people he met on his travels?
(a) How the Exposition was going
(b) Had they heard of the Exposition
(c) If they had any money
(d) How old were they

4. How many people arrive for Independence Day at the fair?
(a) 100,000
(b) 500,000
(c) 80,000
(d) 200,000

5. What does Holmes ask Anna to get from his vault?
(a) Money
(b) His suitcase
(c) Documents
(d) Photographs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who of the following is one of the first people to take a ride on the Ferris wheel?

3. What does Carter Harrison urge businesses to do on Chicago Day?

4. What does a New York editor call for other New York editors to do for Chicago?

5. Whose bodies does Geyer find in Toronto?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the police find in Holmes' hotel?

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

6. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

7. What eventually happens to the Ferris wheel?

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

9. What does Geyer find in Toronto?

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

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