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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. While on strike, how much do the workers demand for a four-hour shift, to return to work?
(a) $5.00.
(b) $7.00.
(c) $9.00.
(d) $3.00.

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

4. What does "The Heroic Mode" promise to cure?
(a) Weak metal frames.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) The bends.

5. Which state does Gouverneur Kemble (G.K.) map while he is a teenager?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Montana.
(d) Utah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Seth Low?

3. How far away is Roebling's new house in Columbia Ridge from the bridge?

4. How much is the wire contract valued at?

5. Where are the handles on the workers' temporary foot bridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What symptoms of the Bends does Dr. Smith encounter during his research of the disease?

3. What effects does Smith see the bends has on workers circulatory systems?

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

5. What is life like for Washington Roebling during the three years he is forced to live in Trenton?

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

7. How does the city of New York change during The Panic of 1873?

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

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

10. How do the crowds react to the first wires being suspended from the Brooklyn Bridge?

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