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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. From where do 20,000 hams arrive for flood victims?
(a) New York.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Chicago.

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

3. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?
(a) Mineral Point.
(b) Lilly.
(c) Johnstown.
(d) Cresson.

4. Who is the person interviewed separately who tells of seeing water shooting out between rocks in the dam?
(a) Chal Dick.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Herbert Webber.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

5. What day does the first case of typhoid come on?
(a) June 10.
(b) June 20.
(c) July 1.
(d) July 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the 1870 novel by Charles Reade that is quoted in the local newspaper after the flood?

2. At what time do newspapermen arrive across the Little Conemaugh in Chapter 7?

3. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?

4. Who heads the Pittsburgh Relief Committee after Moxham resigns?

5. What are the names of the prefabricated houses or hunt relics built for survivors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the nature of the stories about Daniel Peyton?

4. What reasons does the author suggest for Pitcairn joining the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club?

5. How is the use of dynamite described in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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

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