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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disease was the only one prevalent among Johnstown residents in 1889 before the flood?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chicken Pox.
(d) Strep Throat.

2. How many minutes are described as desperate that drown and destroy the city when the wave hits?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

3. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?
(a) Pittsburgh Steel.
(b) Cambria Iron Company.
(c) Johnstown Steel.
(d) B & O Railroad.

4. In what section of the train did a passenger have to jump over, crawl under, or run around in order to escape the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) Section 1.
(b) The front car.
(c) Section 2.
(d) The caboose.

5. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?

4. At what time do journalists going on foot or wagon reach New Florence in Chapter 6?

5. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

(see the answer key)

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