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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?
(a) 57.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 67.

2. Where do the first relief trains come from on the B&O tracks?
(a) Bolivar.
(b) Cresson.
(c) Somerset.
(d) Mineral Point.

3. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?
(a) Heiser.
(b) Deckert.
(c) Quinn.
(d) Hess.

4. What is the name of the woman who has a baby boy during the flood?
(a) Mrs. Jones.
(b) Mrs. Carpenter.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

5. Who heads the Pittsburgh Relief Committee after Moxham resigns?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) Daniel Hartman Hastings.
(c) James B. Scott.
(d) John Hess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?

2. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?

3. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?

4. What is the Rev. T.H. Robinson busy doing during the flood in Chapter 4?

5. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?

(see the answer key)

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