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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 500.
(b) 250.
(c) 600.
(d) 700.

4. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Hunkies.
(b) Oklahomas.
(c) Hokies.
(d) Jims.

5. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?
(a) Adams.
(b) Smith.
(c) Fulton.
(d) Jones.

6. What is the name of the country club that owned the dam that led to much of the Johnstown flood's damage?
(a) Johnstown Hunting Club.
(b) Johnstown Hunting and Fishing Club.
(c) Stony Creek Fishing Club.
(d) South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.

7. Who is the first flood-related death ever in Johnstown?
(a) Victor Heiser.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) Joseph Ross.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

8. What is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?
(a) Samuel S. Miller.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Henry Phipps.

9. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
(a) W. Horace Rose.
(b) W.H. Pickerell.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Emma Ehrenfeld.

10. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) John Fulton.
(b) John G. Parke.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Cyrus Elder.

11. At what height did experts say the dam could not reach if the whole town didn't want to be threatened?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 80 feet.
(d) 70 feet.

12. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?
(a) $10.
(b) $15.
(c) $100.
(d) $25.

13. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Dr. Robert Montgomery.
(d) Henry Clay Frick.

14. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the family who reports say were awakened and frightened by a "rumbling, roaring sound"?

3. What is the name of the place best known for many sporting houses?

4. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?

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

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