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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children under ten-years-old die in the flood?
(a) 396.
(b) 500.
(c) 100.
(d) 260.

2. How high is the backwash when the wave slams into the immovable hill on the far side of town?
(a) 450 feet.
(b) 550 feet.
(c) 700 feet.
(d) 200 feet.

3. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) W. Horace Rose.
(b) Daniel Johnson Morrell.
(c) James B. Scott.
(d) George T. Swank.

4. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The telegraph tower.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The prison.

5. What is the name of the engineer of the Chicago Limited?
(a) D.W.C. Bidwell.
(b) H.M. Bennett.
(c) Frank Deckert.
(d) Henry Phipps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?

2. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?

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

4. What is the name of the girl who climbs in a cupboard to stay safe from the flood?

5. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?

(see the answer key)

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