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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The Methodist Church.
(c) The telegraph tower.
(d) The prison.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Sailboats on the mountain.
(b) The man came from the lake.
(c) The great flood.
(d) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.

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

4. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?
(a) Rev. H.L. Chapman.
(b) Rev. John Fulton.
(c) Rev. David Beale.
(d) Rev. Chal Dick.

5. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?
(a) Henry Bessemer.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) Frank Deckert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the chief counsel for the Iron Company in Johnstown?

2. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?

3. What is the South Fork Creek described as being the perfect one of in Chapter 3?

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

5. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?

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