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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 do Johnstown residents see catch fire around 8 p.m. the day of the flood?
(a) The spire of St. John's church.
(b) The prison.
(c) The wooden bridge.
(d) Townhall.

2. Who arrives in Sang Hollow at 10 p.m. on foot with his story to wire to New Florence regarding the flood?
(a) W.N. Hays.
(b) Myron Quinn.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

3. 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 bridge.
(c) The flood in Cresson.
(d) The fire at the church.

4. What is said to be causing a violent epidemic problem in Chapter 7?
(a) Dozens of trains.
(b) Hundreds of human and animal carcasses.
(c) Miles of debris.
(d) Acres of wood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time do journalists going on foot or wagon reach New Florence in Chapter 6?

3. What is the name of Pennsylvania's Adjutant General?

4. Who is described as a man of God who is also the voice of the Cambria Iron Company?

5. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the events on Sunday, June 9th described?

2. How does the author describe the sightseers at the flood site?

3. What is the nature of the journalists' first reports of the flood?

4. How are Clara Barton's relief efforts described?

5. What are the three destructive thrusts made by the wave as described in Chapter 5?

6. Describe what happens to Gertrude Quinn after she hides in a cupboard.

7. How is Horace Rose's experience in the flood described near the end of Chapter 5?

8. How is the identification of the dead bodies described in Chapter 7?

9. How is Henry S. Brown's journey to Johnstown described?

10. How is Kurz and Allison's lithograph described?

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