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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have George W. Goethals' successors followed his aesthetic and military decision by allowing the jungle to get how close to the shore?
(a) Maintain a 25-meter barrier.
(b) Return to the shore.
(c) Maintain a 100-meter barrier.
(d) Maintain a 50-meter barrier.

2. George W. Goethals starts a weekly newspaper, the Canal Record, for what purpose?
(a) Use as a propaganda tool intended to keep laborers steadfast.
(b) A valid newspaper designed to appeal to all employees, black and white.
(c) Use as a sealant of buildings in preparation for fumigation.
(d) Give an accurate, up-to-date picture of the progress.

3. Panama Patchwork is a publication by James Stanley Gilbert containing what?
(a) A Sunday newspaper with letters, poetry, stories, other contributions.
(b) Poems about disease, alcoholism, death, futility.
(c) A magazine arising in competition with George W. Goethals' Canal Record.
(d) A daily newspaper designed for a black audience.

4. Lieutenant Colonel William Crawford Gorgas, despite opposition from bureaucrats, maintains the biggest challenge is what?
(a) The massive amount of paperwork required by Washington.
(b) Accepting a lock vice a sea-level plan.
(c) Getting rid of what is dug from the canal.
(d) Conquering yellow fever and malaria.

5. William Cromwell, on June 13, 1903, leaks to the New York World paper he had a talk with Theodore Roosevelt about recognizing a secessionist Republic of Panama should what continue?
(a) Nicaragua sending forces into Panama.
(b) Colombia not dealing fairly with Chile.
(c) Colombia being greedy.
(d) Colombia ignoring Panama's king.

6. Transfer of the Canal Zone on May 4, 1904, is not ceremonial as Lieutenant Mark Brooke receives keys to the storehouses and hospital, signs a receipt, and the U.S. flag is raised where?
(a) Over a hospital.
(b) Over a hotel.
(c) At canal construction site near Panama City.
(d) Over a storeroom.

7. Who heads the U.S. Army's medical service during World War I and dies in London in 1920?
(a) Walter Reed.
(b) William Crawford Gorgas.
(c) William Henry Welch.
(d) Henry Rose Carter.

8. Theodore Roosevelt's ship arrives in Panama a day early, so as not to ruin John Steven's schedule, the Presidential party agrees to stay on board overnight, but in the morning the welcoming party finds what?
(a) Rosevelt in the jungle on a hunting expedition.
(b) Roosevelt ashore exploring the waterfront.
(c) Roosevelt having breakfast at a hotel.
(d) Roosevelt's ship gone from port.

9. No sitting President has left the country before, so what is the reaction when Theodore Roosevelt announces he will visit Panama?
(a) Uncertainty in the U.S.
(b) No concern for or against in Panama.
(c) Limited support or approval.
(d) Great excitement.

10. "The Man with the Sun in His Eyes," the subtitle for Chapter 18, refers to Theodore Roosevelt's 1906 visit to the isthmus, where he takes everything in how?
(a) With childlike enthusiasm.
(b) It was his initial experience outside the U.S.
(c) Blinded by the sprucing up for his viewing.
(d) Absorbing all during the daytime.

11. What is the key to the lock enterprise?
(a) Pressurized air lifts gates and propels movement.
(b) Balancing gates through wide weight dispersal.
(c) Using aluminum in place of steel reduces weight.
(d) Using water to make gates virtually weightless.

12. What is the main issue impeding fumigation in U.S. facilities?
(a) Lack of devices to dispense fumes.
(b) Lack of newsprint to seal buildings.
(c) Climate is too humid.
(d) Lack of chemical fumigants.

13. Why is marriage encouraged in the Canal Zone?
(a) Lower rate of workers wanting vacation time.
(b) Fewer workers involved in disturbances after hours.
(c) Reduces sick rate.
(d) Stabilizes workers' lives.

14. Who orders commissaries established immediately, even if this will violate agreements with Panama?
(a) John Stevens.
(b) Theodore Perry Shonts.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) William Howard Taft.

15. George W. Goethals allows employees to air grievances where?
(a) The Canal Record letters to the editor.
(b) At the Sunday morning court of appeals and in the Canal Record letters to the editor.
(c) A Saturday three-man review board consisting of two supervisors and one equal level employee.
(d) A summary court similar to lowest level of U.S. military three-level courts martial system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thousands of articles create popular view of Canal Zone life, but make no mention of blacks, so government inspectors and fact-finders are amazed to see the entire project depends on what?

2. Dr. William Henry Welch of Johns Hopkins Medical School convinces Theodore Roosevelt to assign a sanitary officer. Why is Welch's former student, William Crawford Gorgas, chosen?

3. How many years does it take to build the locks?

4. William Crawford Gorgas gathers data on how weather and topography affect Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malarial parasite to humans, and discovers what?

5. Why, on November 1, 1903, do Manuel Amador and a colleague let Colonel James Shaler know Colombian troops are approaching?

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