This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Citation And Referencing > Chicago Formatting – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chicago Formatting Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who won "first prize" for gooseberry pie? A) Grandma. B) Rupert Pennypacker. C) Mrs. Weidenbach. D) Effie Wilcox. E) Mary Alice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rupert Pennypacker. 2. Joey asked Grandma if what she was doing was legal when- A) Grandma made the gooseberry pie for Mrs. Weidenbach. B) Grandma was trap fishing on private property. C) Grandma made soap. D) Grandma made her own beer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandma was trap fishing on private property. 3. The book began in what year? A) 1929. B) 1930. C) 1933. D) 1931. E) 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1929. 4. What percentage of inmates in Illinois come from 6 neighborhoods in Chicago? A) 60%. B) 17%. C) 38%. D) 72%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60%. 5. What is the Main Idea in the story "This is the End of Chicago" ? A) A fire that started in a barn caused a huge fire. B) A fire. C) In 1871 there was a great fire that destroyed most of Chicago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 1871 there was a great fire that destroyed most of Chicago. 6. Vocabulary:Oscar had been on the train for 9 hours. As they pulled into Chicago, he felt (a) with an upset stomach. A) A. miserable. B) Porter. C) Ferocious. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. miserable. 7. Who is NOT associated with the correct industry? A) Carnegie; railroads. B) Rockefeller; oil. C) Edison; electricity. D) Vanderbilt; transportation. E) Chase; investment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnegie; railroads. 8. Antonym for crooked A) Dishonest. B) Honest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Honest. 9. Which of the following best describes the use of contrast in the poem 'Chicago'? A) It highlights the city's beauty and ugliness. B) It compares Chicago to other cities. C) It contrasts the past and future of the city. D) It shows the difference between day and night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It highlights the city's beauty and ugliness. 10. What was the horrible rotten scent that Oscar smelled when he got to Chicago? A) Garbage company. B) Burning buildings. C) Slaughterhouses. D) A farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slaughterhouses. 11. Which of the following is a conflict in this book? A) Character vs nature. B) Character vs society. C) Character vs technology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs nature. 12. How do Oscar and Mr. Morrow try to escape the burning city in Chapter 13? A) Hop on a train to Minnesota. B) Row across the river in a boat. C) Swim across lake Michigan. D) They run across the bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Row across the river in a boat. 13. Who did Oscar see at the end of Chapter 10 with rattlesnake eyes? A) Otis Weber. B) A firefighter. C) Dad. D) Mr. Morrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Otis Weber. 14. What is the difference between a works cited page and a bibliography? A) Works cited refers to citations in MLA format; bibliography refers to citations in Chicago format. B) Bibliography refers to citation pages in MLA; works cited refers to citations in Chicago format. C) There is no difference between a works cited page and a bibliography. D) Works cited pages are always single-spaced; bibliographies are always double-spaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works cited refers to citations in MLA format; bibliography refers to citations in Chicago format. 15. Adley was ..... after school, softball practice, and dance class. A) Debris. B) Exhausted. C) Flammable. D) Hunks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhausted. 16. Which line from 'Chicago Poet' suggests the theme of duality? A) 'I saluted a nobody.'. B) 'He smiled-so did I.'. C) 'Ah, this looking glass man!'. D) 'I lose all-but not him.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'He smiled-so did I.'. 17. What is Hailey Upton's middle name A) Fan. B) Ann. C) Can. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ann. 18. How are new fires started? A) People keep lighting matches. B) People are adding fuel to the fire. C) The wind was carrying sparks all over the city. D) No new fires were being started in this chapter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wind was carrying sparks all over the city. 19. Why was Effie Wilcox leaving town? A) Grandma made her leave. B) She was terrified of the Cowgill brothers. C) She couldn't make her payments and the band was foreclosing on her house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She couldn't make her payments and the band was foreclosing on her house. 20. In "Wilderness, " what do the animals the speaker says he has inside him represent? A) Aspects of his human nature. B) The wild side of him. C) The wild, unpredictable world. D) His ancestors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aspects of his human nature. 21. Synonym for luring A) Attractive. B) Revolting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attractive. 22. What is the median cost of owning a house with bills and rent included? A) 999. B) 2, 000. C) 2, 345. D) 1, 859. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 859. 23. Who actually won the baking contest? A) Grandma. B) Mary Alice. C) Rupert Pennypacker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grandma. 24. How many were killed at Port Chicago? A) 320 people. B) 300 people. C) 325 people. D) 350 people. E) 352 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 320 people. 25. Who else came looking for Vandalia at Grandma's house? A) Sheriff O.B. Dickerson. B) L.J. Weidenbach. C) Junior Stubbs. D) Ernie Cowgill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Junior Stubbs. 26. Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, what is the first level of basic needs that must be met first? A) Safety needs. B) Physiological needs. C) Love and belonging. D) Esteem needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physiological needs. 27. What happened when Oscar and Mr. Morrow went to the bridge? A) They swam. B) They crossed the bridge. C) They got a boat. D) They seen a ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They got a boat. 28. After hearing the story about Papa and Earless Max Kildair, which word do you think best describes Papa? A) Fearful. B) Honest. C) Courageous. D) Crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Courageous. 29. They tore down the old school building leaving ..... in the street. A) Debris. B) Hunks. C) Embers. D) Exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debris. 30. He was an NAACP lawyer and he created an appeal on behave of the convicted men A) Thurgood Marshall. B) Lieutenant Delucchi. C) Gerald Veltmann. D) Admiral Osterhaus. E) Captain Merrill Kinne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thurgood Marshall. 31. Stated, "We are going to find them guilty." A) Thurgood Marshall. B) James Coakley. C) Gerald Veltmann. D) Admiral Osterhaus. E) Captain Merrill Kinne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admiral Osterhaus. 32. Who lied about winning a blue ribbon? A) Mary Alice. B) Mrs. Weidenbach. C) Joey. D) Grandma. E) Rupert Pennypacker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grandma. 33. Why don't Mr. Morrow and Oscar cross the bridge? A) It's too crowded and might catch fire. B) It's already starting to burn. C) The horse and buggy can't make it across. D) They are afraid of heights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's too crowded and might catch fire. 34. How did Oscar's dad die? A) His wagon crashed during a blizzard. B) He died in the fire. C) He died of pneumonia after a blizzard. D) He was in a car accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His wagon crashed during a blizzard. 35. How should a bibliography be arranged in the Chicago Style? A) Alphabetically by author's last name. B) Chronologically by date of publication. C) Alphabetically by title. D) With the sources listed in order of importance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alphabetically by author's last name. 36. Who's fundraising via his newspaper made it possible to keep the Statue of Liberty in New York? A) Joseph Pulitzer. B) Andrew Carnegie. C) Thomas Edison. D) John D. Rockefeller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Pulitzer. 37. Who made the curved blade A) Stan mikita. B) Patrick kane. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stan mikita. 38. You ..... in the truck. (AFFIRMATIVE) A) Was. B) Weren't. C) Were. D) Wasnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 39. Who is the presiding officer of the city council? A) The Treasurer. B) The Mayor of Chicago. C) The City Clerk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Mayor of Chicago. 40. True/False:Grandma did not really put a mouse in the milk, she only pretended to. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. What does "ignited" mean in terms of fire? A) Covered in water. B) Set on fire. C) Blown away. D) Extinguished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Set on fire. 42. This Fortune 500 company moved their headquarters to Chicago in 2001 A) Airbus. B) Boeing. C) Lockheed Martin. D) Northwest Airlines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boeing. 43. Which group was barred from further immigration due to the Exclusion Act of 1882? A) Irish. B) Northern Europeans. C) Chinese. D) Southeast Asians. E) Western Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chinese. 44. Lied about his age so that he could join the Navy A) Robert Routh. B) Spencer Spikes. C) Joe Small. D) Martin Bordenave. E) Percy Robinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martin Bordenave. 45. How many Stanley cups does the Chicago blackhawks A) 12. B) 9. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 46. Antonym of coarse A) Rough. B) Smooth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth. 47. What does Grandma lie to the reporter about? A) She lies about her husband being in the war. B) She lies about how Shotgun Cheatham got his nickname. C) She lies about why Joey stole the coffee pot. D) She tells him that she does NOT make her own beer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She lies about how Shotgun Cheatham got his nickname. 48. Something that makes a person feel less sadness is ..... A) Glowering. B) Privy. C) Lamentation. D) Consolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consolation. 49. A synonym for pilfer would be: A) Steal. B) Give. C) Swap. D) Gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steal. 50. True or FalseJoey goes into the army to learn how to fly and airplane. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. Why did Oscar have to move to Chicago? A) His mom married Mr. Morrow who lives in Chicago. B) Oscar won an award and had to get it in Chicago. C) His family was homeless and wanted a new place to live. D) His father's farm burned down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His mom married Mr. Morrow who lives in Chicago. 52. Who is an insurance salesman and is also 30 years old? A) Ray Veech. B) Uncle Grady Griswold. C) Junior Stubbs. D) Rupert Pennypacker. E) Mr. L.D. Weidenbach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Junior Stubbs. 53. Who fell from a ladder into Grandma's bushes? A) Uncle Grady Griswold. B) Grandpa Dowdel. C) Miz Idella Eubanks. D) Vandalia Eubanks. E) Effie Wilcox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miz Idella Eubanks. 54. He threatened the men with a firing squad if they did not go and load the ammunition A) Thurgood Marshall. B) Lieutenant Delucchi. C) Admiral Carleton Wright. D) Admiral Osterhaus. E) Captain Merrill Kinne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admiral Carleton Wright. 55. Which word means "to force out; to burst" ? A) Erupted. B) Swarm. C) Desperate. D) Ferocious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erupted. 56. Why did Miz Eubanks come to Grandma's house? A) To get water for her mule. B) To buy some soap. C) To get one of her pies. D) To get her daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get her daughter. 57. Identify the correct use of an adverb in the sentence:'The wind blows ..... in Chicago during the winter.' A) Stronger. B) Strong. C) Strongly. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strongly. 58. What did Chicago's first architect, John Van Osdel do to save his design plans? A) Buried them in the clay basement of a hotel. B) Put them in a fire proof safe. C) Carried them with him. D) Gave them to a friend for safe keeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buried them in the clay basement of a hotel. 59. When Grandma shot her gun, who saw the tomcat streak out of the coffin? A) Mary Alice. B) Joey. C) Effie. D) The newspaper reporter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joey. 60. According to Chicago style guidelines, do you have to add personal communications (e-mail, phone call, interview in person) to your project or essay's bibliography? A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NO. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAcademic Writing QuizzesGrammar QuizzesChicago Formatting Quiz 1Chicago Formatting Quiz 2Chicago Formatting Quiz 3Chicago Formatting Quiz 4Chicago Formatting Quiz 5Chicago Formatting Quiz 6Chicago Formatting Quiz 7Chicago Formatting Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books