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

2. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?

3. What is the name of the man who started stories while berserk over the loss of his wife and children?

4. What day does the first case of typhoid come on?

5. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to a man and two women seen riding a barn roof in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

6. Describe the donations made to Johnstown from other cities.

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

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

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

10. How are the first arrivals of supply carts described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of the train engineers during the crisis. What impact did they have on the outcome of the flood?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the telegraph operators in the crisis. Did all of these operators work together or did some act alone? What impact could they have had in preventing the number of flood related deaths?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the portrayal of the city of Johnstown in the book. What is the nature of the atmosphere? How are the townsfolk described?

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