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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the newspaper in Johnstown?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Beagle.
(c) The Tribune.
(d) The Call.

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

3. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,500.

4. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

5. What is the name of the brilliant English chemist who founded a contemporary process of producing steel?
(a) Frank Deckert.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) Robert Pitcairn.
(d) Henry Bessemer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many doctors and nurses did Clara Barton bring with her to help the relief efforts?

2. What does Hettie Ogle see sweep past her and slam into a pier near the end of Chapter 3?

3. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?

4. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?

5. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?

(see the answer key)

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