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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 illness does Burnham get later in his life?

2. Whose skeleton do the police find?

3. Who did Omsted write to say what people thought of the Exposition?

4. Which of the following do the police not find at Holmes' hotel?

5. Holmes believes he is taking on the characteristics of __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventually happens to Burnham and his wife?

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

3. What happens to George Ferris?

4. What eventually happens to Holmes?

5. What does Geyer find in Toronto?

6. How does Holmes seduce Georgianna?

7. How does Holmes occupy himself in prison?

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

9. What tragedy occurs in the Rising Wave chapter?

10. How does the Exposition influence America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Devil in the White City is part of the true crime genre.

1) What are the conventions of the true crime genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did White City help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in White City?

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

Compare the city of Chicago before the fair to the city of Chicago after the fair. How did the fair affect the city in terms of the following:

1) Crime

2) Jobs

3) Tourism

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