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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 person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) Joseph Schantz.

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.
(b) There's a man came from the lake.
(c) A mighty flood.
(d) The man from Tallahassee.

3. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 500.
(b) 700.
(c) 600.
(d) 250.

4. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?
(a) Col. Elias J. Unger.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) Henry Clay Frick.
(d) Charles Reade.

5. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $35 million.
(d) $10 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?

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

3. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?

5. Where were the trains trying to get into Johnstown held because of trouble in Lilly?

(see the answer key)

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