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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the cable car successfully travels from Brooklyn to Manhattan, what do the newspapers dub the journey?
(a) The Perfect Project.
(b) The Perfect Promise.
(c) The Perfect Pandemonium.
(d) The Perfect Passage.

2. How long did it take Roebling to build the Allegheny Bridge?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 11 years.

3. How many cables does Roebling suggest could hold the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 44.

4. Who is chosen to ride in the first cable car to ever cross the East River?
(a) Roebling.
(b) Ferrington.
(c) Collington.
(d) Barnes.

5. What does John set out to do when he moves to America?
(a) Be a teacher.
(b) Be a farmer.
(c) Be an engineer.
(d) Be an astronomer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the one day of the week Roebling does not ask his men to come in for work?

3. In what hemisphere of Long Island is Brooklyn located?

4. In what month of the year does Roebling's caisson finally slide into the water?

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

(see the answer key)

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