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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?
(a) Adams.
(b) Jones.
(c) Smith.
(d) Fulton.

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

3. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) The Old Reservoir.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) Stony Creek.
(d) The Little Conemaugh.

4. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

5. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) Henry Bessemer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?

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

3. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

4. What are the names of the bodies of water that flowed through Johnstown?

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

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