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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 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.

2. Where does the train roll slowly back to when it cannot reach Johnstown in Chapter 6?
(a) Altoona.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) New Florence.
(d) Stony Bridge.

3. Which of the following immigrants were not mentioned to be watching the parade in Johnstown?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Irish.
(d) Welsh.

4. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?
(a) 5.5 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

5. What is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?
(a) Henry Phipps.
(b) Samuel S. Miller.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) Charles Reade.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?

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

3. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?

4. What sound is the only warning the people in East Conemaugh receive before the flood in Chapter 4?

5. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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