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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the South Fork Creek described as being the perfect one of in Chapter 3?
(a) Spectacle.
(b) River.
(c) Flow.
(d) Torrent.

4. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 5.5 miles.
(d) 4 miles.

5. What falls down about 3:15 p.m. on the day of the flood, which causes a great stir in the crowd?
(a) The prison.
(b) The telegraph tower.
(c) The schoolhouse.
(d) The Methodist Church.

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

7. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 1:00 a.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 3:10 p.m.
(d) 2:30 a.m.

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

9. What does Hettie Ogle see sweep past her and slam into a pier near the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A cow.
(b) A boat.
(c) A horse.
(d) A house.

10. How long does it take for Lake Conemaugh to empty in Chapter 4?
(a) 20-30 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 36-45 minutes.

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

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

13. 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) Heiser.
(c) Quinn.
(d) Deckert.

14. What item, along with rude rafts, do the families of Johnstown pull in the streets during the storm?
(a) Sleds.
(b) Spring wagons.
(c) Chuck wagons.
(d) Boats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?

2. At what age did the Pittsburgh clubmen's new president and manager begin working on the railroad?

3. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?

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

5. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?

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