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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the country club that owned the dam that led to much of the Johnstown flood's damage?
(a) Johnstown Hunting and Fishing Club.
(b) Johnstown Hunting Club.
(c) South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.
(d) Stony Creek Fishing Club.

2. What is the name of the engineer who sits in the cab of train No. 2 at Buttermilk Falls in Chapter 4?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) George T. Swank.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Benjamin J. Ruff.

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) There's a man came from the lake.
(b) The man from Tallahassee.
(c) A mighty flood.
(d) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.

4. What society does W. Horace Rose found in Johnstown?
(a) The Opera Society.
(b) The Steel Society.
(c) The Literary Society.
(d) The Honor Society.

5. How many communities does the mud and debris go through before reaching Johnstown?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?

2. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?

3. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?

4. How many people died in Mineral Point in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of the company whose financing led to much of Pittsburgh's industrial growth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the cheap construction techniques used on the South Fork dam?

2. How is the rain described when it starts in Johnstown at 4 p.m. on May 31st?

3. How are the residents of Johnstown who are participating in the Memorial Day Parade described?

4. How is the founding of Johnstown described?

5. Describe what happens to the Limited when the flood carries it away.

6. How does John G. Parke describe the weather at the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. How is the South Fork dam described at the beginning of Chapter 2?

8. What is the nature of John Fulton's report on the safety of the dam in Chapter 2?

9. How is George Heiser described in Chapter 1?

10. How does Benjamin Ruff repair the dam after it first floods in 1862?

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