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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1852.

2. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?
(a) Robert Pitcairn.
(b) Henry Clay Frick.
(c) Dr. Robert Montgomery.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

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. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?
(a) Streetlights.
(b) Railroad station.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high is the backwash when the wave slams into the immovable hill on the far side of town?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of the person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?

5. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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