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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. How far away is Roebling's new house in Columbia Ridge from the bridge?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) Less than a mile.

2. How much deeper are the caissons on the Manhattan side of the bridge than on the Brooklyn side?
(a) They are the same depth.
(b) Twice as deep.
(c) Three times as deep.
(d) Four times as deep.

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

4. Who is Seth Low?
(a) New York Governor.
(b) Brooklyn Governor.
(c) Brooklyn Mayor.
(d) New York Mayor.

5. How long are the shifts while digging the caissons on the Manhattan side of the bridge?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Six hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a glowing report in "The Eagle" about bridge construction, who is the only member of the project management left out of the article?

2. How old is Washington Roebling at the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge?

3. What is the name of the company that wins the wire contract for the Brooklyn Bridge?

4. Which of the following elements is absorbed into workers' bloodstreams, forming bubbles that keep oxygen from reaching the tissues?

5. Which of the following is NOT a process each wire coil must go through to be strung from the bridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What argument do Roebling and Hewitt find themselves in over the wire contract?

3. How does Ferrington react to being chosen as the first man to cross the Brooklyn Bridge?

4. What lifestyle does Dr. Smith notice of the men living in the tenements near the construction site?

5. How did the newspapers react to Emily's involvement in the Bridge project?

6. What happens during the "rope fall" of 1878?

7. How did non-ticketholders find a way to join in the celebration of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge?

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

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

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

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