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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1850.

2. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The telegraph tower.
(c) The prison.
(d) The Methodist Church.

4. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 700.
(b) 500.
(c) 250.
(d) 600.

5. Who owns the South Fork dam?
(a) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.
(b) The state of Pennsylvania.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) The city of Johnstown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the company whose financing led to much of Pittsburgh's industrial growth?

2. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

3. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?

4. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?

5. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?

(see the answer key)

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