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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters is NOT one of Emily's neighbors on Columbia Heights?
(a) Demas Barns.
(b) Henry Bowen.
(c) Beecher.
(d) Moses Beech.

2. How long does it take the cable car to cross the East River?
(a) Twelve minutes.
(b) Twenty-one minutes.
(c) Seven minutes.
(d) Nineteen minutes.

3. How many photographers are hired to capture the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(a) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1.
(d) 10.

4. On the day of its opening, at what time is the Brooklyn Bridge illuminated?
(a) 12:00 noon.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 12:00 midnight.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

5. Which newspaper sticks by Hewitt's projections for the wire contract, even though he is not an engineer?
(a) The Tribune.
(b) The Eagle.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Herald.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people gather to watch the first cable car cross the East River?

2. After the New York caisson is filled, how many weeks of vacation does Roebling take from the bridge project?

3. Which of the following is NOT a modern technology invented during the time Roebling worked on the Great Bridge?

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

5. What false rumor regarding Roebling is spread through New York papers during his time in Trenton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Thanksgiving day during the time the wires are being strung up?

2. Why does Roebling decide to make a public appearance before the completion of the bridge, and how does he look to the public?

3. Why do the bridge workers go on strike in 1872.

4. How does Emily help Washington celebrate the bridge's completion?

5. What problem do local reporters have with the temporary footbridge put into place for workers who are "spinning" up the bridge?

6. How did Haigh succeed in getting faulty wires past the inspectors for construction?

7. What was work like for the men who first began construction on the Brooklyn footbridge?

8. What statements about wire and Roebling does the Herald print, even though they are not factual?

9. How did Emily Warren help keep the Brooklyn Bridge project afloat when her husband became ill?

10. What happens when Low takes Roebling to court for management power?

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