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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. How many people died in Mineral Point in Chapter 4?
(a) 16.
(b) 6.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

2. What is the name of Hettie Ogle's daughter that is with her during the flood?
(a) Minnie.
(b) Anne.
(c) Julie.
(d) Heather.

3. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
(a) Henry Clay Frick.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) George T. Swank.
(d) Benjamin F. Ruff.

4. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $35 million.
(d) $50 million.

5. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1795.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?

2. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?

3. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

4. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?

5. How long does it take for Lake Conemaugh to empty in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what Hess and Liggett do after becoming stranded in Mineral Point.

3. What leisure activities are popular in Johnstown?

4. What happens when the water hits its first major obstacle in Chapter 4?

5. What are the four critical changes John Fulton discovers must be made regarding Ruff's men's findings at the end of Chapter 2?

6. What reasons does the author say allowed the water to flow freely down the mountains in Johnstown?

7. What happens after Lake Conemaugh empties in 36-45 minutes?

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

9. What does John G. Parke do when he sees serious leaks in the dam in Chapter 3?

10. How are the events of the townsfolk on the day of the flood between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. described?

(see the answer keys)

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