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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives in Sang Hollow at 10 p.m. on foot with his story to wire to New Florence regarding the flood?
(a) Myron Quinn.
(b) W.N. Hays.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) Charles Reade.

2. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1808.
(d) 1865.

3. How many Pittsburgh newspapers send reporters to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) Samuel S. Miller.
(d) Henry Phipps.

5. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) Stony Creek.
(b) The Little Conemaugh.
(c) Mineral Point.
(d) The Old Reservoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?

2. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?

3. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?

4. What does Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?

5. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

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