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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Little suffering.
(b) Terrible suffering.
(c) Much pain.
(d) Great damage.

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

3. 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) W. Horace Rose.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) Henry S. Brown.

4. What is the name of the young girl who nearly has her leg amputated by rescuers?
(a) Emma Ehrenfeld.
(b) Rose Clark.
(c) Gertrude Quinn.
(d) Hettie Ogle.

5. Which of the following is not one of the details mentioned regarding people's actions just after the flood?
(a) No organization.
(b) No class.
(c) No order.
(d) No sense.

6. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?
(a) An abandoned railroad car.
(b) A mansion.
(c) A church.
(d) A school.

7. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Maxwell McAchren.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

8. How many Pittsburgh newspapers send reporters to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

9. What town is Pitcairn the supreme commander of on the rail line?
(a) Mineral Point.
(b) Altoona.
(c) Cresson.
(d) Pittsburgh.

10. What is the name of the girl who climbs in a cupboard to stay safe from the flood?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Emily.
(c) Anne.
(d) Minnie.

11. How much money is raised in Pittsburgh the Saturday after the flood?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $100,000.

12. What is described as by far the greatest horror witnessed by flood victims in Chapter 5?
(a) The flood in Mineral Point.
(b) The fire at the church.
(c) The fire at the bridge.
(d) The flood in Cresson.

13. What day does the first case of typhoid come on?
(a) June 20.
(b) June 10.
(c) July 1.
(d) July 5.

14. Who is described as a man of God who is also the voice of the Cambria Iron Company?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Charles Reade.

15. What is the name of the religious fanatics that come from Pittsburgh?
(a) Harpies.
(b) Oklahomas.
(c) Pookies.
(d) Snarkies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?

2. Which state's governor sends a shipment of tents and coffins to Johnstown?

3. What is the name of the woman who has a baby boy during the flood?

4. What church does the Mussante family see a raft slam into in Chapter 5?

5. What kind of immigrants have lurid stories spread about them regarding thieving and shooting after the flood?

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