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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?
(a) 4 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 5.5 miles.
(d) 2 miles.

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

3. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $35 million.
(d) $20 million.

4. How many people died in Mineral Point in Chapter 4?
(a) 20.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?

2. What is the name of the area where the train stops at 4:05 p.m. at Sang Hollow in Chapter 6?

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?

4. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?

5. What is the name of the town where reporters are held because water prevents them from reaching Johnstown?

(see the answer key)

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