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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?
(a) Lamb's Bridge.
(b) Stony Bridge.
(c) Greybeard Bridge.
(d) Stone Creek Bridge.

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

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

5. At what price does John Reilly buy the area surrounding the dam?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the company whose financing led to much of Pittsburgh's industrial growth?

2. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?

3. Which of the following immigrants were not mentioned to be watching the parade in Johnstown?

4. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?

5. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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