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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease was the only one prevalent among Johnstown residents in 1889 before the flood?
(a) Chicken Pox.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Strep Throat.

2. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?
(a) Maxwell McAchren.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.

4. What sound is the only warning the people in East Conemaugh receive before the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) A foghorn.
(b) An open locomotive whistle.
(c) A bell.
(d) A scream.

5. Who heads the Pittsburgh Relief Committee after Moxham resigns?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) John Hess.
(c) Daniel Hartman Hastings.
(d) John Fulton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?

3. How many children under ten-years-old die in the flood?

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

5. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?

(see the answer key)

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