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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the South Fork dam?
(a) The city of Johnstown.
(b) The state of Pennsylvania.
(c) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

2. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?
(a) Frank Deckert.
(b) Henry Bessemer.
(c) Robert Pitcairn.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

3. What are the names of the bodies of water that flowed through Johnstown?
(a) Stony Creek and Sandy Vale.
(b) Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek.
(c) Little Conemaugh and Sandy Vale.
(d) Mineral Point and Little Conemaugh.

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

5. What is the name of the ticket agent that is asked for his advice on whether to send a warning to Pitcairn at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Benjamin F. Ruff.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) C.P. Dougherty.
(d) J.C. Walkinshaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?

2. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?

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

4. What does Hettie Ogle see sweep past her and slam into a pier near the end of Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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