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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the book say the embankment on the river was built up of?
(a) Shell.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Stone.
(d) Clay.

2. What does Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?
(a) Little suffering.
(b) Terrible suffering.
(c) Much pain.
(d) Great damage.

3. What does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?
(a) A church.
(b) A boxcar.
(c) A prison.
(d) A schoolhouse.

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

5. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 700.
(b) 250.
(c) 600.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?

2. At what price does John Reilly buy the area surrounding the dam?

3. Who owns the South Fork dam?

4. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?

5. What is the title of Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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