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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?
(a) 60 feet by 600 feet.
(b) 72 feet by 900 feet.
(c) 75 feet by 500 feet.
(d) 50 feet by 500 feet.

2. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Mineral Point Cemetery.
(b) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(c) Johnstown Cemetery.
(d) Stony Creek Cemetery.

3. What is the name of the family who reports say were awakened and frightened by a "rumbling, roaring sound"?
(a) Heidenfelter.
(b) Hastings.
(c) Bidwell.
(d) Quinn.

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

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 telegraph operator in Mineral Point?

2. How many people died in Mineral Point in Chapter 4?

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

4. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?

5. Which of the following immigrants were not mentioned to be watching the parade in Johnstown?

(see the answer key)

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