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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What item, along with rude rafts, do the families of Johnstown pull in the streets during the storm?
2. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
3. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?
4. In what section of the train did a passenger have to jump over, crawl under, or run around in order to escape the flood in Chapter 4?
5. What sound is the only warning the people in East Conemaugh receive before the flood in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leisure activities are popular in Johnstown?
2. What reason does the author say the local fishermen are irritated by the club management in Chapter 2?
3. In what way does Daniel Johnson Morrell change the iron business according to Chapter 2?
4. What is Johnstown like in 1889 in terms of amenities?
5. How does the author describe the cheap construction techniques used on the South Fork dam?
6. How does Benjamin Ruff repair the dam after it first floods in 1862?
7. How do the townspeople of Johnstown react to the telegraph message warning them that the dam would break?
8. What happens to the city of Woodvale in Chapter 4?
9. Describe what Hess and Liggett do after becoming stranded in Mineral Point.
10. How are the hundreds of families in the streets of Johnstown just after the water begins to rise described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the portrayal of the city of Johnstown in the book. What is the nature of the atmosphere? How are the townsfolk described?
Essay Topic 2
Examine John Fulton's report on the dam in Chapter 2. What is the nature of this report? What might have been prevented in terms of the flood had this report been taken more seriously?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the rescue efforts by the Johnstown townsfolk before and after the flood. What measures did they take to help others? Were these efforts successful?
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