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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) John Hess.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

2. Which of the following positive attributes is not given to Johnstown in regards to the quality of living there?
(a) Low taxes.
(b) Declining cost of living.
(c) No debt.
(d) High birth rate.

3. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

4. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?
(a) Greybeard Bridge.
(b) Lamb's Bridge.
(c) Stony Bridge.
(d) Stone Creek Bridge.

5. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The great flood.
(b) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.
(c) The man came from the lake.
(d) Sailboats on the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?

2. What is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?

3. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?

4. What is the name of the newspaper in Johnstown?

5. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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