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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Maxwell McAchren.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

2. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) Stony Creek.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) The Little Conemaugh.
(d) The Old Reservoir.

3. What is the name of the engineer who sits in the cab of train No. 2 at Buttermilk Falls in Chapter 4?
(a) Benjamin J. Ruff.
(b) John Hess.
(c) James B. Scott.
(d) George T. Swank.

4. How many casualties are first estimated that are too high?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,000.

5. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?
(a) Cambria Iron Company.
(b) B & O Railroad.
(c) Johnstown Steel.
(d) Pittsburgh Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what price does John Reilly buy the area surrounding the dam?

2. What is the name of the newspaper in Johnstown?

3. How many people are taken back and forth on the ferry?

4. What is the name of the person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?

5. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?

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