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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?
(a) 20.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

3. What is the name of the engineer of the Chicago Limited?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) D.W.C. Bidwell.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) H.M. Bennett.

4. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?
(a) $10.
(b) $25.
(c) $100.
(d) $15.

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Run for your lives!
(b) Help!
(c) We need dry land.
(d) It's not over yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?

2. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?

4. What society does W. Horace Rose found in Johnstown?

5. At what time does a deep, steady rumble like an avalanche approach Johnstown in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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