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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the names of the bodies of water that flowed through Johnstown?
(a) Mineral Point and Little Conemaugh.
(b) Little Conemaugh and Sandy Vale.
(c) Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek.
(d) Stony Creek and Sandy Vale.

3. What is the name of the family who are described as atypical in comparison with their neighbors in Johnstown?
(a) Elder.
(b) Heiser.
(c) Ehrenfeld.
(d) Bidwell.

4. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?
(a) 80 feet.
(b) 70 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

5. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Johnstown Cemetery.
(b) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(c) Stony Creek Cemetery.
(d) Mineral Point Cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the country club that owned the dam that led to much of the Johnstown flood's damage?

4. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?

5. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?

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