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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 telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
(a) W.H. Pickerell.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) John Hess.
(d) Emma Ehrenfeld.

2. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?
(a) Cambria Iron Company.
(b) B & O Railroad.
(c) Johnstown Steel.
(d) Pittsburgh Steel.

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

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

5. What is the name of the family who are described as atypical in comparison with their neighbors in Johnstown?
(a) Heiser.
(b) Ehrenfeld.
(c) Bidwell.
(d) Elder.

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

7. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?
(a) The Old Reservoir.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) The Little Conemaugh.
(d) Stony Creek.

8. Who owns the South Fork dam?
(a) The city of Johnstown.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) The state of Pennsylvania.
(d) The South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.

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

10. What height is the water that Seibert observes coming over the top of the dam near the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 40-50 feet.
(b) 50-60 feet.
(c) 70-80 feet.
(d) 30-40 feet.

11. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?
(a) Railroad station.
(b) Streetlights.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Grocery store.

12. 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?
(a) J.C. Walkinshaw.
(b) C.P. Dougherty.
(c) Chal Dick.
(d) Benjamin F. Ruff.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?

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

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

4. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?

5. What is the name of the man that founded the city of Cresson?

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