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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday were the townsfolk of Johnstown preparing for before the flood began?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Memorial Day.

2. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?
(a) 23.
(b) 60.
(c) 47.
(d) 50.

3. What is the name of the country club that owned the dam that led to much of the Johnstown flood's damage?
(a) Johnstown Hunting and Fishing Club.
(b) Stony Creek Fishing Club.
(c) Johnstown Hunting Club.
(d) South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.

4. Which of the following immigrants were not mentioned to be watching the parade in Johnstown?
(a) German.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Irish.
(d) French.

5. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?
(a) Cambria Iron Company.
(b) B & O Railroad.
(c) Pittsburgh Steel.
(d) Johnstown Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?

2. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?

3. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?

4. What is the name of the person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?

5. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?

(see the answer key)

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