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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?
(a) A break from work.
(b) The cows drinking water on Main Street.
(c) Horses roaming the stores.
(d) Boats floating in the street.

2. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?
(a) Col. Elias J. Unger.
(b) Henry Clay Frick.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) Charles Reade.

3. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?
(a) $50 million.
(b) $20 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $35 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?

2. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?

3. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?

4. What is the title of Chapter 2?

5. What height is the water that Seibert observes coming over the top of the dam near the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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