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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?
(a) W. Horace Rose.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) Joseph Schantz.

2. 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?
(a) Hess.
(b) Heiser.
(c) Deckert.
(d) Quinn.

3. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?
(a) 15.
(b) 23.
(c) 4.
(d) 17.

4. Which of the following positive attributes is not given to Johnstown in regards to the quality of living there?
(a) High birth rate.
(b) No debt.
(c) Low taxes.
(d) Declining cost of living.

5. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) George T. Swank.
(c) W. Horace Rose.
(d) Daniel Johnson Morrell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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