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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Rural Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of problem did the El Train have initially?
(a) It was unattractive.
(b) It didn't go where riders needed it to go.
(c) It didn't accomodate enough people.
(d) It was loud and poorly scheduled.

2. How did the electric trolley car create even bigger traffic problems for cities?
(a) It was way too slow.
(b) Too many people wanted to ride.
(c) It was built on the busiest streets.
(d) It was poorly scheduled.

3. What was a major contributor to the contamination and disease in the wells in the late 19th century?
(a) Misunderstanding of germs.
(b) Drainage from the outhouse.
(c) Typhoid epidemic.
(d) Food left out.

4. In what decade was window screening introduced?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1900s.

5. In the late 1800s, who was it that posed a threat to those on the frontier and instilled a sense of fear?
(a) Runaways.
(b) Cattle thieves.
(c) Train robbers.
(d) Tramps and various vagrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bettmann say street car riders in the late 1800s were encouraged to bring along on their ride?

2. What percentage of a working man's income did streetcar fares account for?

3. Why were some animals a pollutant problem as noted in the chapter "Air"?

4. What was one initial problem with the electric trolley car?

5. What was the biggest safety threat in the vertical apartments in the late 1800s?

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