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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?
(a) May 30, 1862.
(b) June 2, 1862.
(c) May 31, 1889.
(d) June 1, 1889.

2. What is the name of the distinguished lawyer who sets off in an open wagon to help evacuees in Chapter 3?
(a) Andrew Mellon.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

3. What is the name of the two section train that came into Johnstown from Chicago?
(a) Night Owl.
(b) Day Express.
(c) The Express.
(d) Limited.

4. What is the name of Hettie Ogle's daughter that is with her during the flood?
(a) Julie.
(b) Minnie.
(c) Anne.
(d) Heather.

5. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) John Hess.
(d) John Fulton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?

2. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?

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

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

5. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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