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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 family who lives in an opulent three-story, red brick house?
(a) Beale.
(b) Frick.
(c) Elder.
(d) Quinn.

2. What is the name of the telegraph operator who recalls a man running to her tower in Chapter 3?
(a) John Hess.
(b) Daniel Peyton.
(c) Emma Ehrenfeld.
(d) Gertrude Quinn.

3. What does Hettie Ogle see sweep past her and slam into a pier near the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A cow.
(b) A house.
(c) A boat.
(d) A horse.

4. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?
(a) The mayor of Johnstown.
(b) Cambria Iron.
(c) The state of Pennsylvania.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

5. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?
(a) Clay.
(b) Stone.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Hettie Ogle's daughter that is with her during the flood?

2. What item, along with rude rafts, do the families of Johnstown pull in the streets during the storm?

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?

4. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?

5. What church does the Mussante family see a raft slam into in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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