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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?
(a) 7:00 p.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

4. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) John Hess.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) John G. Parke.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

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

6. What is the Rev. T.H. Robinson busy doing during the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) Writes a sermon.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Taking a bath.
(d) Writing in his diary.

7. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?
(a) Lake Huron.
(b) Lake Michigan.
(c) Lake Conemaugh.
(d) Lake Pennsylvania.

8. At what age did the Pittsburgh clubmen's new president and manager begin working on the railroad?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

9. 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 caboose.
(b) The front car.
(c) Section 1.
(d) Section 2.

10. Who is the chief counsel for the Iron Company in Johnstown?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) Robert Pitcairn.
(d) Henry Clay Frick.

11. What is the name of the engineer who sits in the cab of train No. 2 at Buttermilk Falls in Chapter 4?
(a) John Hess.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) Benjamin J. Ruff.
(d) George T. Swank.

12. How many communities does the mud and debris go through before reaching Johnstown?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

13. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?
(a) Henry Bessemer.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) Frank Deckert.

14. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?
(a) G.W. Brown.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

15. Which of the following positive attributes is not given to Johnstown in regards to the quality of living there?
(a) High birth rate.
(b) Declining cost of living.
(c) No debt.
(d) Low taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?

2. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?

3. At what price does John Reilly buy the area surrounding the dam?

4. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?

5. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?

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