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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?
(a) June 1, 1889.
(b) May 31, 1889.
(c) June 2, 1862.
(d) May 30, 1862.

2. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 500.

3. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?
(a) Rev. John Fulton.
(b) Rev. David Beale.
(c) Rev. H.L. Chapman.
(d) Rev. Chal Dick.

4. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?
(a) Joseph Ross.
(b) Victor Heiser.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) Chal Dick.

5. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?
(a) 30.
(b) 22.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

6. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?
(a) Michael Mann.
(b) Cyrus Elder,
(c) John Hess.
(d) Chal Dick.

7. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Sailboats on the mountain.
(b) The great flood.
(c) The man came from the lake.
(d) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.

8. What is the name of the distinguished lawyer who sets off in an open wagon to help evacuees in Chapter 3?
(a) Frank Deckert.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) Andrew Mellon.
(d) Henry Phipps.

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

10. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 5.5 miles.
(d) 4 miles.

11. Where were the trains trying to get into Johnstown held because of trouble in Lilly?
(a) Cresson.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) East Conemaugh.
(d) Stony Creek.

12. What is the name of the two section train that came into Johnstown from Chicago?
(a) Night Owl.
(b) The Express.
(c) Limited.
(d) Day Express.

13. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?
(a) 47.
(b) 50.
(c) 60.
(d) 23.

14. What sound is the only warning the people in East Conemaugh receive before the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) A bell.
(b) A foghorn.
(c) An open locomotive whistle.
(d) A scream.

15. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?
(a) Greybeard Bridge.
(b) Lamb's Bridge.
(c) Stone Creek Bridge.
(d) Stony Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?

2. What is the name of the engineer who sits in the cab of train No. 2 at Buttermilk Falls in Chapter 4?

3. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?

4. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?

5. What is the name of the engineer of the Chicago Limited?

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