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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the names of the bodies of water that flowed through Johnstown?
(a) Stony Creek and Sandy Vale.
(b) Mineral Point and Little Conemaugh.
(c) Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek.
(d) Little Conemaugh and Sandy Vale.

3. What sound is the only warning the people in East Conemaugh receive before the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) A foghorn.
(b) An open locomotive whistle.
(c) A scream.
(d) A bell.

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

5. What is the name of the family who reports say were awakened and frightened by a "rumbling, roaring sound"?
(a) Hastings.
(b) Heidenfelter.
(c) Bidwell.
(d) Quinn.

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

7. 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) Hess.
(b) Quinn.
(c) Deckert.
(d) Heiser.

8. What is the Rev. T.H. Robinson busy doing during the flood in Chapter 4?
(a) Writing in his diary.
(b) Writes a sermon.
(c) Taking a bath.
(d) Eating dinner.

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

10. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?
(a) Col. Elias J. Unger.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) Henry Clay Frick.
(d) Frank Deckert.

11. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?
(a) The state of Pennsylvania.
(b) The mayor of Johnstown.
(c) Pennsylvania Railroad.
(d) The city of Johnstown.

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?
(a) Lake Conemaugh.
(b) Lake Michigan.
(c) Lake Huron.
(d) Lake Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following positive attributes is not given to Johnstown in regards to the quality of living there?

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

4. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?

5. 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?

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