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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many doctors and nurses did Clara Barton bring with her to help the relief efforts?
(a) 45.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.
2. How many people are taken back and forth on the ferry?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.
3. At what time do journalists going on foot or wagon reach New Florence in Chapter 6?
(a) 5:15 a.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 3:00 a.m.
(d) 4:00 p.m.
4. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) Johnstown.
(d) Cresson.
5. Who publishes an epic poem called "The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh" in Harper's Weekly?
(a) John Eliot Bowen.
(b) Frank Deckert.
(c) Daniel Peyton.
(d) James B. Scott.
6. What is the name of the man who helps save the girl who climbs in a cupboard in Chapter 5?
(a) Maxwell McAchren.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Henry Phipps.
(d) Robert Pitcairn.
7. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) New York.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Baltimore.
8. What are the names of the prefabricated houses or hunt relics built for survivors?
(a) Parkies.
(b) Ohios.
(c) Oklahomas.
(d) Housies.
9. In what cities outside Pennsylvania are stories run on the front page regarding the flood?
(a) Philadelphia and Chicago.
(b) Boston and Chicago.
(c) Cincinnati and New York.
(d) Boston and New York.
10. How much money is raised in Pittsburgh the Saturday after the flood?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $25,000.
11. What is said to be causing a violent epidemic problem in Chapter 7?
(a) Acres of wood.
(b) Miles of debris.
(c) Hundreds of human and animal carcasses.
(d) Dozens of trains.
12. How many of the 60 people survive when the Hubert House collapses?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 9.
13. What do Johnstown residents see catch fire around 8 p.m. the day of the flood?
(a) The wooden bridge.
(b) Townhall.
(c) The spire of St. John's church.
(d) The prison.
14. How many casualties are first estimated that are too high?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 10,000.
15. At what time do a carpenter and his wife stagger into town and report that there is hardly a building left standing in Johnstown?
(a) 4:00 a.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 5:00 p.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?
2. How high is the backwash when the wave slams into the immovable hill on the far side of town?
3. How many of the 500-600 people in the bridge survive?
4. How many children under ten-years-old die in the flood?
5. Who is the town's first choice for dictator?
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