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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to be causing a violent epidemic problem in Chapter 7?
(a) Hundreds of human and animal carcasses.
(b) Acres of wood.
(c) Miles of debris.
(d) Dozens of trains.

2. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) Stony Creek.
(b) The Old Reservoir.
(c) Mineral Point.
(d) The Little Conemaugh.

3. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?
(a) Chal Dick.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) John G. Parke.

4. How many people are taken back and forth on the ferry?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.

5. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1875.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?

2. At what time do newspapermen arrive across the Little Conemaugh in Chapter 7?

3. Who arrives in Sang Hollow at 10 p.m. on foot with his story to wire to New Florence regarding the flood?

4. What is the name of the woman who has a baby boy during the flood?

5. Where do the first relief trains come from on the B&O tracks?

(see the answer key)

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