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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Oklahomas.
(b) Hokies.
(c) Hunkies.
(d) Jims.

2. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?
(a) 75 feet by 500 feet.
(b) 50 feet by 500 feet.
(c) 72 feet by 900 feet.
(d) 60 feet by 600 feet.

3. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(b) Mineral Point Cemetery.
(c) Stony Creek Cemetery.
(d) Johnstown Cemetery.

4. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?
(a) John Hess.
(b) Michael Mann.
(c) Chal Dick.
(d) Cyrus Elder,

5. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
(a) Benjamin F. Ruff.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) Henry Clay Frick.
(d) George T. Swank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?

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

3. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?

4. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?

5. What do Johnstown residents see catch fire around 8 p.m. the day of the flood?

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