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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the country club that owned the dam that led to much of the Johnstown flood's damage?
(a) Johnstown Hunting Club.
(b) South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.
(c) Stony Creek Fishing Club.
(d) Johnstown Hunting and Fishing Club.

2. What is the Rev. T.H. Robinson busy doing during the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) Writes a sermon.
(b) Taking a bath.
(c) Writing in his diary.
(d) Eating dinner.

3. In what section of the train did a passenger have to jump over, crawl under, or run around in order to escape the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) Section 2.
(b) Section 1.
(c) The caboose.
(d) The front car.

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

5. What are the names of the bodies of water that flowed through Johnstown?
(a) Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek.
(b) Stony Creek and Sandy Vale.
(c) Little Conemaugh and Sandy Vale.
(d) Mineral Point and Little Conemaugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?

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

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

4. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?

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

(see the answer key)

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