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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday were the townsfolk of Johnstown preparing for before the flood began?
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Labor Day.

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

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

4. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?
(a) G.W. Brown.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

5. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?
(a) Fulton.
(b) Jones.
(c) Smith.
(d) Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what price does John Reilly buy the area surrounding the dam?

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

3. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?

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

5. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?

(see the answer key)

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