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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
(a) Emma Ehrenfeld.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) John Hess.
(d) W.H. Pickerell.

3. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?
(a) Victor Heiser.
(b) Joseph Ross.
(c) Chal Dick.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

4. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?
(a) John G. Parke.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) Chal Dick.
(d) Charles Reade.

5. What society does W. Horace Rose found in Johnstown?
(a) The Literary Society.
(b) The Opera Society.
(c) The Steel Society.
(d) The Honor Society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What holiday were the townsfolk of Johnstown preparing for before the flood began?

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

4. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?

5. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

(see the answer key)

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