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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) Daniel Johnson Morrell.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) George T. Swank.
(d) James B. Scott.

2. What is the South Fork Creek described as being the perfect one of in Chapter 3?
(a) Flow.
(b) River.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) Torrent.

3. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

4. Where do the first relief trains come from on the B&O tracks?
(a) Mineral Point.
(b) Somerset.
(c) Bolivar.
(d) Cresson.

5. What is the name of the man of the Philadelphia Press who catches a train to Johnstown but gets no further than Harrisburg?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) Henry S. Brown.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?

2. What is the name of the religious fanatics that come from Pittsburgh?

3. What town is Pitcairn the supreme commander of on the rail line?

4. What does Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?

5. What is the Rev. T.H. Robinson busy doing during the flood in Chapter 4?

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