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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) New York.
(d) Pittsburgh.

2. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?
(a) 22.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

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

4. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Stone.
(c) Clay.
(d) Shell.

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?
(a) 3:30 a.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 1:00 p.m.
(d) 4:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many trains do reporters charter from Pittsburgh to Johnstown to report on the flood?

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

4. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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