The Devil in the White City

Reading Check Quiz 5

Form: Ferris

  1. Holmes promises Anna that
  1. he will marry her
  2. he will buy her a ticket on the Titanic
  3. he will buy her a house in Chicago
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  1. will pay for her to go to Europe to study art
  2. he will never tell Minnie about what happened on the Ferris wheel

  1. An accident occurs in the fair, killing one person when
  1. a door is left unlocked on the Ferris wheel
  2. a horse gets loose from the wild west show
  3. a child falls into the lagoon
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  1. a bobsled falls off the track
  2. an electric boat malfunctions

  1. What suggestion does Olmstead make that Burnham refuses?
  1. To add more flamingoes
  2. To dye the water green on St. Patrick’s day
  3. To prohibit people from eating on the lawns
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  1. To sell roses for penny each
  2. to have people from the midway exhibits mingle with the fairgoers

  1. At one point Buffalo Bill Cody bows to
  1. Minnie
  2. Burnham
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  1. Chief Sitting Bull
  2. Susan B. Anthony
  3. Harrison

  1. Ferris and Burnham fight about
  1. the fence around the Ferris wheel
  2. who should get to keep the money from the Ferris wheel customers
  3. the lights on the Ferris Wheel
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  1. who gets to ride on the Ferris wheel first
  2. whether women should be able to ride on the Ferris Wheel

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  1. What famous person was NOT mentioned in the reading
for today?
  1. Helen Keller
  2. Teddy Roosevelt
  3. Archduke Francis Ferdinand
/ d. Susan B. Anthony
e. Sir Henry Morton
Stanley
  1. The man who tries to commit suicide by jumping out
of the Ferris wheel car is prevented when
  1. The conductor punches him in the face
  2. The wheel is brought to a stop
  3. A woman throws her skirt over his head
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  1. He faints at the view
  2. He cannot break the glass windows

  1. The structure of chapters in this section
  1. Alternates Burnham/Holmes as usual
  2. Is interrupted by another Prendergast chapter
  3. Includes multiple Burnham chapters in a row
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  1. Is interrupted by a chapter on Pitezel
  2. Includes three Holmes chapters in a row

  1. One of the big spectacles on Independence Day
at the fair is
  1. A portrait of George Washington in fireworks
  2. The buildings are repainted red, white, and blue
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  1. Big Mary is draped in the largest flag ever made
  2. The hot air balloon catches on fire
  3. Burnham dancing with the belly dancers

  1. Who travels incognito, listening to people’s
conversations about the fair?
  1. Burnham
  2. Codman
  3. Ulrich
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  1. Bertha Palmer
  2. Olmstead