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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Deckert.
(b) Hess.
(c) Quinn.
(d) Heiser.

2. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1862.

3. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?
(a) 72 feet by 900 feet.
(b) 50 feet by 500 feet.
(c) 75 feet by 500 feet.
(d) 60 feet by 600 feet.

4. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1865.

5. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?
(a) The city of Johnstown.
(b) The state of Pennsylvania.
(c) The mayor of Johnstown.
(d) Pennsylvania Railroad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does it take for Lake Conemaugh to empty in Chapter 4?

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?

4. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?

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

(see the answer key)

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