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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?
(a) Deckert.
(b) Heiser.
(c) Quinn.
(d) Hess.

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.
(b) The man from Tallahassee.
(c) A mighty flood.
(d) There's a man came from the lake.

3. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?
(a) 3:30 a.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

4. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?
(a) Charles Reade.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) John G. Parke.
(d) Chal Dick.

5. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?
(a) 15.
(b) 23.
(c) 4.
(d) 17.

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

7. What holiday were the townsfolk of Johnstown preparing for before the flood began?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) New Year's Day.

8. How many people died in Mineral Point in Chapter 4?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

9. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1850.

10. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?
(a) Michael Mann.
(b) John Hess.
(c) Cyrus Elder,
(d) Chal Dick.

11. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?
(a) June 2, 1862.
(b) May 30, 1862.
(c) June 1, 1889.
(d) May 31, 1889.

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

13. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in three.
(c) One in six.
(d) One in five.

14. What is the name of the distinguished lawyer who sets off in an open wagon to help evacuees in Chapter 3?
(a) Frank Deckert.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Andrew Mellon.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

15. Who is the chief counsel for the Iron Company in Johnstown?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Henry Clay Frick.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?

2. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?

3. At what time was there to be a parade in Johnstown that had to be canceled due to the weather?

4. What is the name of the ticket agent that is asked for his advice on whether to send a warning to Pitcairn at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?

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