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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

2. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
(a) Charles Reade.
(b) Benjamin F. Ruff.
(c) George T. Swank.
(d) Henry Clay Frick.

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

4. What is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?
(a) Samuel S. Miller.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) Charles Reade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?

2. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?

3. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?

4. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?

5. What item, along with rude rafts, do the families of Johnstown pull in the streets during the storm?

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