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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Prendergast's sentence for killing Harrison?

4. In which month does the attendance rise?

5. Who does Holmes take to the hotel with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

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

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

6. What happens to George Ferris?

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

8. How does Holmes kill Anna?

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

10. Why does Burnham have to raise attendance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What difference did the fair make to Chicago? Did Chicago need to change? Were there negative effects of the fair as well as positive affects? How can such an event affect the mindset and confidence of a population?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is set mostly in Chicago.

1) What meaning does Chicago bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Chicago?

2) How different do you think today's Chicago is to the Chicago in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Chicago?

3) How do you think the Chicago settings of the novel contributes to the novel's dark tone?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the Chicago weather.

1) For what kind of weather is Chicago famous? What role does the weather play in the book?

2) Why did such experienced architects not take into account the effects of the snow? How are today's buildings in Chicago built specifically to handle the Chicago weather?

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