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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The great flood.
(b) The man came from the lake.
(c) Sailboats on the mountain.
(d) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.

3. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Oklahomas.
(b) Hunkies.
(c) Hokies.
(d) Jims.

4. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?
(a) Maxwell McAchren.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

5. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 3:30 a.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?

2. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?

3. What church is the Rev. David Beale in charge of that is one of the places housing flood refugees?

4. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?

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

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