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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children under ten-years-old die in the flood?
(a) 396.
(b) 260.
(c) 500.
(d) 100.

2. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) Henry Clay Frick.
(c) Dr. Robert Montgomery.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

3. Which state's governor sends a shipment of tents and coffins to Johnstown?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Illinois.

4. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 5:00 p.m.
(b) 1:00 a.m.
(c) 3:10 p.m.
(d) 2:30 a.m.

5. In what section of the train did a passenger have to jump over, crawl under, or run around in order to escape the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) The front car.
(b) Section 2.
(c) The caboose.
(d) Section 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are taken back and forth on the ferry?

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

3. What is the name of the family who are described as atypical in comparison with their neighbors in Johnstown?

4. What is the ratio of the dead bodies that cannot be identified?

5. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?

(see the answer key)

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