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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what time do a carpenter and his wife stagger into town and report that there is hardly a building left standing in Johnstown?
(a) 1:00 p.m.
(b) 4:00 a.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 5:00 p.m.

3. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

4. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) Cresson.
(d) Johnstown.

5. How many trains do reporters charter from Pittsburgh to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?

5. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?

(see the answer key)

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