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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the worker who dies from the bends within a half hour of being down in the caisson?
(a) Peter Frank.
(b) John Myers.
(c) Francis Bender.
(d) Thomas O'Mally.

2. What does Murphy claim the engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge have a license to do?
(a) Create.
(b) Steal.
(c) Explore.
(d) Kill.

3. How does Murphy feel about his old school-mate Tweed?
(a) He loathes him.
(b) He respects him.
(c) He is apathetic to him.
(d) He does not remember him.

4. Which system does Smith claim is most affected by the bends?
(a) The digestive system.
(b) The auditory system.
(c) The nervous system.
(d) The circulatory system.

5. Who do the newspapers label a quack?
(a) Kinsella.
(b) Barnes.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Tweed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ellet offers $5 to the first boy who can do what across his bridge over the Ohio River?

2. Which of the following modes of transportation stops the construction of "The Biggest Bridge in the World" in 1846?

3. In which city is "The Biggest Bridge in the World" constructed?

4. In which of the following school subjects does Tweed excel?

5. What position does Washington Roebling take on his father's construction team?

(see the answer key)

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