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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?
(a) Stone.
(b) Clay.
(c) Shell.
(d) Dirt.

2. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?
(a) Robert Pitcairn.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Dr. Robert Montgomery.
(d) Henry Clay Frick.

3. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?
(a) Adams.
(b) Smith.
(c) Fulton.
(d) Jones.

4. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?
(a) 200th.
(b) 100th.
(c) 75th.
(d) 50th.

5. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?
(a) Cambria Iron.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) The mayor of Johnstown.
(d) The state of Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following positive attributes is not given to Johnstown in regards to the quality of living there?

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

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

4. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?

5. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

(see the answer key)

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