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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what section of the train did a passenger have to jump over, crawl under, or run around in order to escape the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) Section 1.
(b) The front car.
(c) The caboose.
(d) Section 2.

4. Who heads the Pittsburgh Relief Committee after Moxham resigns?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Daniel Hartman Hastings.

5. How many trains do reporters charter from Pittsburgh to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?

2. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?

3. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?

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

5. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

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