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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 1870 novel by Charles Reade that is quoted in the local newspaper after the flood?
(a) Put Yourself in His Place.
(b) The Flood of Ages.
(c) The Bad Day.
(d) The Day the Earth Stood Still.

2. What train was the survivor on who wrote a long, florid account of his "race for life" with the "monster destruction"?
(a) The Limited.
(b) The Flash.
(c) Day Express.
(d) The Daydream.

3. Who entertains "Newspaper Row" by asking colleagues about restaurants?
(a) D.W.C. Bidwell.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Richard Harding Davis.
(d) Frank Deckert.

4. Who paid out of pocket for supplies after becoming exhausted from four straight days of relief work?
(a) Andrew Mellon.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) Capt. Bill Jones.

5. What is the name of the religious fanatics that come from Pittsburgh?
(a) Pookies.
(b) Snarkies.
(c) Harpies.
(d) Oklahomas.

6. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

7. What is used to disinfect the entire district in Chapter 8?
(a) Bleach.
(b) Antibacterial soap.
(c) Lye.
(d) Quicklime.

8. What is the name of Pennsylvania's Adjutant General?
(a) Daniel Harman Hastings.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) John G. Parke.

9. How many of the 500-600 people in the bridge survive?
(a) 55.
(b) 25.
(c) 80.
(d) 40.

10. Who conducts a church service on Sunday that initially attracts 30 people?
(a) W. Horace Rose and Henry Phipps.
(b) D.W.C. Bidwell.
(c) H.L. Chapman and David Beale.
(d) James B. Scott.

11. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1880.

12. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

13. How many people in Johnstown end up dying of typhoid?
(a) 35.
(b) 50.
(c) 60.
(d) 40.

14. Which of the following is not one of the details mentioned regarding people's actions just after the flood?
(a) No organization.
(b) No order.
(c) No class.
(d) No sense.

15. How many men does Hart deputize for relief efforts?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of immigrants have lurid stories spread about them regarding thieving and shooting after the flood?

2. What is the ratio of the dead bodies that cannot be identified?

3. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?

4. Who publishes an epic poem called "The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh" in Harper's Weekly?

5. What does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?

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