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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) New York.
(d) Cincinnati.

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) Great damage.
(d) Much pain.

3. What is the name of the family who are described as atypical in comparison with their neighbors in Johnstown?
(a) Bidwell.
(b) Elder.
(c) Heiser.
(d) Ehrenfeld.

4. On what do witnesses see a man and two women riding on just before dark in Chapter 6?
(a) A boat.
(b) A train.
(c) A barn roof.
(d) A house.

5. How many refugees are trapped in the Swan house in Chapter 5?
(a) 264.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 176.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?

3. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?

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

5. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?

(see the answer key)

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