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

2. What arrives midweek after the flood to break the jam at the stone bridge?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Trucks.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Bulldozers.

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) A great tragedy.
(b) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.
(c) After the flood.
(d) The sad survivors.

4. How high is the backwash when the wave slams into the immovable hill on the far side of town?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 550 feet.
(c) 450 feet.
(d) 700 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?

2. 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?

3. Who publishes an epic poem called "The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh" in Harper's Weekly?

4. How many trains do reporters charter from Pittsburgh to Johnstown to report on the flood?

5. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Pitcairn's reaction after seeing debris in the muddy water at Sang Hollow?

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

4. What is the nature of Pitcairn's second message to Pittsburgh?

5. How is Mr. Pitcairn described as he prepares to go to Johnstown to evaluate flood damage?

6. Describe the city's reasons for needing quick disinfection in Chapter 8.

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

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

9. What does William Tice witness near the end of Chapter 5?

10. How is Victor Heiser described when the wave reaches his family's property?

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