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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thomas Pope call the bridge that would one day join Manhattan to Brooklyn?
(a) The Great Bridge.
(b) The Rainbow Bridge.
(c) The Bridge Spectacular.
(d) The Bridge of Dreams.

2. How many tons of bad wire did Haigh use to build the Brooklyn Bridge before being caught?
(a) 500 tons.
(b) 100 tons.
(c) 50 tons.
(d) 300 tons.

3. How old is the Long Island boy who volunteers to be the first person to cross the bridge?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

5. What government position is Tweed running for when he falls from grace in the papers?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Senator.
(c) President.
(d) Governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a weather that slows down the spinning process on the bridge?

2. Who is chosen to ride in the first cable car to ever cross the East River?

3. What is the name of the Brooklyn neighborhood where the elite live, overlooking the ocean?

4. How does Washington Roebling feel about having to speak for his father at meetings?

5. Which river in Pennsylvania does John famously carry the canal across?

(see the answer key)

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