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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what month does Clara Barton end up leaving Johnstown?
(a) July,
(b) October.
(c) December,
(d) January.

3. What church does the Mussante family see a raft slam into in Chapter 5?
(a) The Methodist Church.
(b) The Presbyterian Church.
(c) The Baptist Church.
(d) The Catholic Church.

4. What is the name of Pennsylvania's Adjutant General?
(a) Frank Deckert.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Daniel Harman Hastings.

5. What is the name of the Chicago publisher who creates a popular color lithograph of the dam bursting?
(a) Hart & Lad.
(b) Harp & Smitz.
(c) Smith & Wesson.
(d) Kurz & Allison.

6. How many refugees are trapped in the Swan house in Chapter 5?
(a) 264.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 176.

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

8. 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.

9. How many acres are estimated to have been covered from the wreckage of the bridge?
(a) 30-60.
(b) 40-50.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 60-70.

10. How many foreign nations donated money to flood relief efforts in Johnstown?
(a) 5.
(b) 18.
(c) 7.
(d) 14.

11. What church is the Rev. David Beale in charge of that is one of the places housing flood refugees?
(a) Sycamore St. Methodist Church.
(b) Sycamore St. Baptist Church.
(c) Main St. Catholic Church.
(d) Main St. Presbyterian Church.

12. What is the name of the man of the Philadelphia Press who catches a train to Johnstown but gets no further than Harrisburg?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) Henry S. Brown.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

13. 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 flood in Cresson.
(d) The fire at the bridge.

14. What is the name of the woman who has a baby boy during the flood?
(a) Mrs. Jones.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Mrs. Williams.
(d) Mrs. Carpenter.

15. Which state's governor sends a shipment of tents and coffins to Johnstown?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where do 20,000 hams arrive for flood victims?

2. Which of the following is not one of the details mentioned regarding people's actions just after the flood?

3. What is the title of Chapter 8?

4. Who is known as the "Paul Revere of the Flood"?

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

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