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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?
(a) 200th.
(b) 75th.
(c) 50th.
(d) 100th.

2. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in six.
(c) One in three.
(d) One in five.

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

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

5. What is the name of the two section train that came into Johnstown from Chicago?
(a) Night Owl.
(b) Limited.
(c) Day Express.
(d) The Express.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?

2. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?

3. What height is the water that Seibert observes coming over the top of the dam near the end of Chapter 3?

4. Who owns the South Fork dam?

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

(see the answer key)

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