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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) Big Ben.
(c) Pont Neuf.
(d) Colisseum.

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

3. Which of the following immigrants were not mentioned to be watching the parade in Johnstown?
(a) Irish.
(b) German.
(c) Welsh.
(d) French.

4. 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) Hess.
(c) Heiser.
(d) Quinn.

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

6. At what age did the Pittsburgh clubmen's new president and manager begin working on the railroad?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

7. What is the name of the telegraph operator who recalls a man running to her tower in Chapter 3?
(a) Gertrude Quinn.
(b) John Hess.
(c) Daniel Peyton.
(d) Emma Ehrenfeld.

8. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $20 million.
(d) $35 million.

9. Who was willing to help foot the bill for an outlet pipe system to increase the safety of the dam?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) The state of Pennsylvania.
(c) Cambria Iron.
(d) The mayor of Johnstown.

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

11. 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 Fulton.
(d) John Hess.

12. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) Daniel Johnson Morrell.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) George T. Swank.
(d) James B. Scott.

13. How many years had the yardmaster, Walkinshaw, been working the day of the flood?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

15. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?

2. How many people live in South Fork, according to Chapter 2?

3. What is the Rev. T.H. Robinson busy doing during the flood in Chapter 4?

4. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?

5. What date did the Johnstown flood begin?

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