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PROLOGUE-PART 1
Reading Check
1. What part of Burnham’s body bothered him during his journey?
2. What type of “material” did Mudgett attempt to produce in an insurance fraud scheme gone wrong?
3. Who became Burnham’s landscape architect?
4. Who died from pneumonia in his bed?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why was Burnham, aboard the Olympic, unable to send a telegram to his friend on another ship?
2. In what way did Burnham and John Root transform the look of the Chicago skyline?
3. What was unusual about Holmes’s decision to marry Myrta Z. Belknap?
4. How did Holmes attempt to take advantage of his new father-in-law, and how did his plan fail?
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