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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 place best known for many sporting houses?
(a) Reade's.
(b) Bert's Pub.
(c) Lizzie Thompson's.
(d) Quinn's.

2. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 1:00 a.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 3:10 p.m.
(d) 2:30 a.m.

3. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 80 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 60 feet.

4. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?
(a) Big Ben.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) Pont Neuf.
(d) Colisseum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?

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

3. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?

4. What society does W. Horace Rose found in Johnstown?

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

(see the answer key)

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