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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?
(a) Charles Reade.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) Chal Dick.
(d) John G. Parke.

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) The day begins.
(b) The long hard night.
(c) Rush of the torrent.
(d) Calm after the storm.

3. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?
(a) Michael Mann.
(b) Cyrus Elder,
(c) John Hess.
(d) Chal Dick.

4. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?
(a) Cambria Iron.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) The mayor of Johnstown.
(d) The state of Pennsylvania.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?

2. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?

3. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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