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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The man from Tallahassee.
(b) There's a man came from the lake.
(c) A mighty flood.
(d) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.

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

3. What is the South Fork Creek described as being the perfect one of in Chapter 3?
(a) Spectacle.
(b) River.
(c) Torrent.
(d) Flow.

4. At what price does John Reilly buy the area surrounding the dam?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $2,500.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?

3. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?

4. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?

5. How long does it take for Lake Conemaugh to empty in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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