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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) Little Conemaugh and Sandy Vale.
(b) Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek.
(c) Stony Creek and Sandy Vale.
(d) Mineral Point and Little Conemaugh.

3. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Jims.
(b) Hunkies.
(c) Hokies.
(d) Oklahomas.

4. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1875.

5. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?
(a) $35 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $50 million.
(d) $20 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the newspaper in Johnstown?

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

4. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?

5. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?

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