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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?
(a) 60 feet by 600 feet.
(b) 50 feet by 500 feet.
(c) 72 feet by 900 feet.
(d) 75 feet by 500 feet.

2. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?
(a) Chal Dick.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Frank Deckert.

3. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?
(a) $15.
(b) $10.
(c) $25.
(d) $100.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?

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

4. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?

5. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?

(see the answer key)

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