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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?
(a) A break from work.
(b) Boats floating in the street.
(c) Horses roaming the stores.
(d) The cows drinking water on Main Street.

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

3. What is the name of the woman who has a baby boy during the flood?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Mrs. Carpenter.
(c) Mrs. Jones.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

4. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) John G. Parke.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

5. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Pittsburgh newspapers send reporters to Johnstown to report on the flood?

2. What is the name of the newspaper in Johnstown?

3. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

4. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?

5. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?

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