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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

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

3. How many of the 500-600 people in the bridge survive?
(a) 25.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 80.

4. What sum does Unger summarize the losses at the club to be?
(a) $45,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

5. What is the name of the publication that calls the flood "the most extraordinary calamity of the age"?
(a) Harper's Bazaar.
(b) Frank Leslies'.
(c) Life.
(d) Time.

6. At what time do a carpenter and his wife stagger into town and report that there is hardly a building left standing in Johnstown?
(a) 1:00 p.m.
(b) 3:30 a.m.
(c) 4:00 a.m.
(d) 5:00 p.m.

7. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) New York.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Cincinnati.

8. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?
(a) Dr. Lowman's house.
(b) The telegraph tower.
(c) Alma Hall.
(d) The Presbyterian Church.

9. What famous poet is asked to write something for the flood victims?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Robert Frost.

10. What is the name of the family who lives in an opulent three-story, red brick house?
(a) Frick.
(b) Quinn.
(c) Elder.
(d) Beale.

11. At what time does a deep, steady rumble like an avalanche approach Johnstown in Chapter 5?
(a) 3:00 p.m.
(b) 4:07 p.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) 5:00 a.m.

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

13. What are the names of the prefabricated houses or hunt relics built for survivors?
(a) Oklahomas.
(b) Parkies.
(c) Housies.
(d) Ohios.

14. 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.

15. 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) Great damage.
(b) Little suffering.
(c) Much pain.
(d) Terrible suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?

2. What train was the survivor on who wrote a long, florid account of his "race for life" with the "monster destruction"?

3. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?

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

5. Who entertains "Newspaper Row" by asking colleagues about restaurants?

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