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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. Where is the Ferris Wheel reconstructed?

2. Who does Burnham have to satisfy by keeping the attendance high?

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

4. What evidence do the police have?

5. Where does Mrs. Pitezel learn that her children's bodies have been discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

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

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

4. What does Geyer find in Toronto?

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

6. How does Holmes kill Anna?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why did Holmes choose the women he did as his wives? What similar characteristics did they have? What kind of woman would have proven to be Holmes' downfall?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1890's. How does Larson express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

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