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The Giant and How He Humbugged America Chpt 1-7 review

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was William Newell's farm?

a)

Baltimore, MD

b)

Boston, MA

c)

Kansas City, MO

d)

Cardiff, NY

2.

The original conflict that arose around the giant was about whether it was...

a)

petrified person or statue

b)

human or alien

c)

Native American or white American

d)

rock or wood

3.

What is one reason that the Cardiff, Giant was such a popular story in the news?

a)

It was the only thing happening at that time in history

b)

Giants were especially popular in the 1800s

c)

Newell paid a lot to make the Giant headline news

d)

It distracted people from the other depressing news

4.

Who or what was mostly responsible for spreading the word about the Cardiff Giant?

a)

George Hull

b)

newspapers

c)

Newell's employees

d)

The Unnatural History Museum

5.

True or False: Newell kept the giant to himself and never sold any part of it.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True or False: Cardiff, New York had a long history of previous hoaxes

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who came up with the idea for the fake giant?

a)

William Newell

b)

Gideon Emmons

c)

George Hull

d)

Henry Nichols

8.

How did George Hull get the giant

a)

He purchased it from a traveling salesman

b)

He hired people to carve it out of gypsum

c)

He made it himself

d)

He stole it from a museum