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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what do witnesses see a man and two women riding on just before dark in Chapter 6?
(a) A barn roof.
(b) A house.
(c) A train.
(d) A boat.

2. Where does the train roll slowly back to when it cannot reach Johnstown in Chapter 6?
(a) Altoona.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) Stony Bridge.
(d) New Florence.

3. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,500.

5. 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) $20 million.
(c) $35 million.
(d) $50 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?

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

3. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?

4. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?

5. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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