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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 the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?
(a) Lamb's Bridge.
(b) Greybeard Bridge.
(c) Stone Creek Bridge.
(d) Stony Bridge.

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

3. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Mineral Point Cemetery.
(b) Stony Creek Cemetery.
(c) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(d) Johnstown Cemetery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?

2. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?

3. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?

4. On what do witnesses see a man and two women riding on just before dark in Chapter 6?

5. How many communities does the mud and debris go through before reaching Johnstown?

(see the answer key)

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