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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 name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?
(a) Robert Pitcairn.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Dr. Robert Montgomery.
(d) Henry Clay Frick.

2. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1852.

3. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in five.
(c) One in six.
(d) One in three.

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

5. How many Pittsburgh newspapers send reporters to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?

3. What massive landmark was the water's first major obstacle?

4. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?

5. At what time do a carpenter and his wife stagger into town and report that there is hardly a building left standing in Johnstown?

(see the answer key)

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