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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 man of the Philadelphia Press who catches a train to Johnstown but gets no further than Harrisburg?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) Henry S. Brown.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

2. What church is the Rev. David Beale in charge of that is one of the places housing flood refugees?
(a) Sycamore St. Methodist Church.
(b) Main St. Presbyterian Church.
(c) Sycamore St. Baptist Church.
(d) Main St. Catholic Church.

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.
(b) The man came from the lake.
(c) Sailboats on the mountain.
(d) The great flood.

5. In what cities outside Pennsylvania are stories run on the front page regarding the flood?
(a) Cincinnati and New York.
(b) Boston and New York.
(c) Philadelphia and Chicago.
(d) Boston and Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?

2. What is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?

3. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?

4. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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