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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?
(a) Rev. H.L. Chapman.
(b) Rev. David Beale.
(c) Rev. John Fulton.
(d) Rev. Chal Dick.

2. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?
(a) A break from work.
(b) Horses roaming the stores.
(c) The cows drinking water on Main Street.
(d) Boats floating in the street.

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

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

5. Who owns the South Fork dam?
(a) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) The city of Johnstown.
(d) The state of Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the two section train that came into Johnstown from Chicago?

2. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?

3. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of Hettie Ogle's daughter that is with her during the flood?

5. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?

(see the answer key)

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