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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the South Fork dam?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) The state of Pennsylvania.
(c) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.
(d) The city of Johnstown.

2. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?
(a) Lake Michigan.
(b) Lake Pennsylvania.
(c) Lake Huron.
(d) Lake Conemaugh.

3. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1795.

4. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?
(a) Railroad station.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Streetlights.
(d) Grocery store.

5. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) Colisseum.
(c) Pont Neuf.
(d) Big Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?

2. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

3. What holiday were the townsfolk of Johnstown preparing for before the flood began?

4. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?

5. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?

(see the answer key)

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