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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?
(a) Cresson.
(b) Johnstown.
(c) Lilly.
(d) Mineral Point.

2. What does Hettie Ogle see sweep past her and slam into a pier near the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A cow.
(b) A horse.
(c) A boat.
(d) A house.

3. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?
(a) 50th.
(b) 200th.
(c) 75th.
(d) 100th.

4. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
(a) Henry Clay Frick.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) Benjamin F. Ruff.
(d) George T. Swank.

5. How many acres are estimated to have been covered from the wreckage of the bridge?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 60-70.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 30-60.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the South Fork dam?

2. What day does the first case of typhoid come on?

3. What is the name of the engineer who sits in the cab of train No. 2 at Buttermilk Falls in Chapter 4?

4. How long does it take for Lake Conemaugh to empty in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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