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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 distinguished lawyer who sets off in an open wagon to help evacuees in Chapter 3?
(a) Andrew Mellon.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) W. Horace Rose.
(d) Frank Deckert.

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

3. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?
(a) Henry Clay Frick.
(b) Capt. Bill Jones.
(c) Victor Heiser.
(d) Daniel Peyton.

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

5. What percentage is the mortality rate in Johnstown?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 11 %.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item, along with rude rafts, do the families of Johnstown pull in the streets during the storm?

2. What is the name of the family who are described as atypical in comparison with their neighbors in Johnstown?

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

4. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?

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