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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 1:00 a.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 3:10 p.m.
(d) 2:30 a.m.

2. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?
(a) Boats floating in the street.
(b) A break from work.
(c) Horses roaming the stores.
(d) The cows drinking water on Main Street.

3. At what time do newspapermen arrive across the Little Conemaugh in Chapter 7?
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 2:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

4. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) W. Horace Rose.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) George T. Swank.
(d) Daniel Johnson Morrell.

5. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the two section train that came into Johnstown from Chicago?

3. What sound is the only warning the people in East Conemaugh receive before the flood in Chapter 4?

4. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?

5. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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