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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) Heavy breathing
(b) Apologies
(c) God's voice
(d) The approach of death

2. What are the names of the three children?
(a) Nellie, James and Alice
(b) Alice, Rose and Jim
(c) Alice, Nellie and Howard
(d) Howard, Alice and Jackie

3. What is Anna's nickname?
(a) Miss Piggy
(b) Nannie
(c) Loopy
(d) The goat

4. Holmes believes he is taking on the characteristics of __________.
(a) Jesus
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Howard Pitezel
(d) the devil

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holmes trying to get published?

2. How many weeks are left to the end of the Exposition?

3. With whom does Millet promise the midway women could dance?

4. What did Olmsted ask the people he met on his travels?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Millet in the Aboard the Olympic chapter?

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

4. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

5. What happens to Olmstead in the Recessional chapter?

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

7. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

8. What eventually happens to Holmes?

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

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

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