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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?
(a) Victor Heiser.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Chal Dick.
(d) Joseph Ross.

2. What does Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?
(a) Great damage.
(b) Little suffering.
(c) Much pain.
(d) Terrible suffering.

3. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 600.
(b) 250.
(c) 700.
(d) 500.

4. What is the name of the large Pittsburgh construction company that sends 1,000 employees to the flood relief?
(a) Booth and Flinn.
(b) Carnegie and Mellon.
(c) Mellon and Finn.
(d) Carnegie and Booth.

5. What does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?
(a) A prison.
(b) A church.
(c) A schoolhouse.
(d) A boxcar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who climbs in a cupboard to stay safe from the flood?

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

3. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?

4. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?

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

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