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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?
(a) May 31, 1889.
(b) June 2, 1862.
(c) June 1, 1889.
(d) May 30, 1862.

3. What is the name of the ticket agent that is asked for his advice on whether to send a warning to Pitcairn at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) C.P. Dougherty.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) J.C. Walkinshaw.
(d) Benjamin F. Ruff.

4. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?
(a) Victor Heiser.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) Joseph Ross.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

5. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) John Hess.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?

2. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?

3. Who is the chief counsel for the Iron Company in Johnstown?

4. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?

5. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?

(see the answer key)

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