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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many doctors and nurses did Clara Barton bring with her to help the relief efforts?
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

3. Who conducts a church service on Sunday that initially attracts 30 people?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) D.W.C. Bidwell.
(c) H.L. Chapman and David Beale.
(d) W. Horace Rose and Henry Phipps.

4. What is the name of the area where the train stops at 4:05 p.m. at Sang Hollow in Chapter 6?
(a) Packsaddle.
(b) Hallowground.
(c) Dittburry.
(d) Shortspot.

5. What is said to be causing a violent epidemic problem in Chapter 7?
(a) Miles of debris.
(b) Dozens of trains.
(c) Acres of wood.
(d) Hundreds of human and animal carcasses.

6. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?
(a) Victor Heiser.
(b) Henry Clay Frick.
(c) Capt. Bill Jones.
(d) Daniel Peyton.

7. Who publishes an epic poem called "The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh" in Harper's Weekly?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) Daniel Peyton.
(c) John Eliot Bowen.
(d) Frank Deckert.

8. What is the last name of the one male reporter to die of pneumonia?
(a) Smith.
(b) Davis.
(c) Crute.
(d) Jones.

9. Which of the following states had the International Red Cross NOT helped after natural disasters before Johnstown?
(a) New York.
(b) Texas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Ohio.

10. Who arrives in Sang Hollow at 10 p.m. on foot with his story to wire to New Florence regarding the flood?
(a) Charles Reade.
(b) W.N. Hays.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) Myron Quinn.

11. Who is the town's first choice for dictator?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) James B. Scott.

12. What is the name of the 1870 novel by Charles Reade that is quoted in the local newspaper after the flood?
(a) Put Yourself in His Place.
(b) The Day the Earth Stood Still.
(c) The Bad Day.
(d) The Flood of Ages.

13. What train was the survivor on who wrote a long, florid account of his "race for life" with the "monster destruction"?
(a) The Flash.
(b) The Daydream.
(c) Day Express.
(d) The Limited.

14. Who entertains "Newspaper Row" by asking colleagues about restaurants?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Richard Harding Davis.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) D.W.C. Bidwell.

15. What is the name of the vice president of Cambria Iron who says rebuilding will begin immediately?
(a) Henry Clay Frick.
(b) Andrew Mellon.
(c) James McMillan.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family who lives in an opulent three-story, red brick house?

2. What is used to disinfect the entire district in Chapter 8?

3. What is the name of the man of the Philadelphia Press who catches a train to Johnstown but gets no further than Harrisburg?

4. What is the name of the Chicago publisher who creates a popular color lithograph of the dam bursting?

5. How many refugees are trapped in the Swan house in Chapter 5?

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