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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) Cincinnati
(b) Charlotte
(c) El Paso
(d) George Town

2. In which state does Minnie have land?
(a) North Carolina
(b) New York
(c) Louisianna
(d) Texas

3. What is the name of the ship on which Burnham is a passenger?
(a) The Daisy Stem
(b) The Titanic
(c) The Olympic
(d) The HMS Rose

4. What does American want its cities to be after the fair?
(a) Exciting, but safe
(b) Pretty and clean
(c) Peaceful havens
(d) Big and brash

5. Of what does Holmes write three different versions?
(a) Short story
(b) Memoir
(c) Confession
(d) Novel

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does McKim leave so early?

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

3. What does Pitezel buy his son at the fair?

4. What country does Geyer travel to in The Tenant chapter?

5. What is the name of the asylum to which Olmsted is admitted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Burnham feel he is a failure in the At Last chapter?

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

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

5. What happens to George Ferris?

6. How does the Exposition influence America?

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

8. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

9. What eventually happens to Holmes?

10. What eventually happens to the Ferris wheel?

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