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

2. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) George T. Swank.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) Daniel Johnson Morrell.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

3. What is the name of the engineer of the Chicago Limited?
(a) H.M. Bennett.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) D.W.C. Bidwell.

4. What does Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?
(a) Terrible suffering.
(b) Much pain.
(c) Great damage.
(d) Little suffering.

5. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?
(a) 50.
(b) 23.
(c) 47.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 6?

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

3. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

4. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?

5. At what time do journalists going on foot or wagon reach New Florence in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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