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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1808.

2. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
(a) W. Horace Rose.
(b) John Hess.
(c) Emma Ehrenfeld.
(d) W.H. Pickerell.

3. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
(a) Henry Clay Frick.
(b) George T. Swank.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Benjamin F. Ruff.

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

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

6. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?
(a) 4.
(b) 23.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

7. How long does it take for Lake Conemaugh to empty in Chapter 4?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 20-30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 36-45 minutes.

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

9. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?
(a) Jones.
(b) Adams.
(c) Smith.
(d) Fulton.

10. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?
(a) The telegraph tower.
(b) The schoolhouse.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The prison.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) Mineral Point.
(b) The Little Conemaugh.
(c) The Old Reservoir.
(d) Stony Creek.

15. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?
(a) Chal Dick.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) Charles Reade.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?

2. What massive landmark was the water's first major obstacle?

3. What is the name of the newspaper in Johnstown?

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

5. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?

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