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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Johnstown Cemetery.
(b) Stony Creek Cemetery.
(c) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(d) Mineral Point Cemetery.

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

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

4. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?
(a) Robert Pitcairn.
(b) G.W. Brown.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Chal Dick.

5. What is the name of the company whose financing led to much of Pittsburgh's industrial growth?
(a) Hart LLC.
(b) Quinn & Family.
(c) Carnegie & Partners.
(d) Mellon & Sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

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

3. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?

4. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?

5. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?

(see the answer key)

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