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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?
(a) A church.
(b) A mansion.
(c) A school.
(d) An abandoned railroad car.

2. Where does the train roll slowly back to when it cannot reach Johnstown in Chapter 6?
(a) Altoona.
(b) Stony Bridge.
(c) New Florence.
(d) Mineral Point.

3. How many Pittsburgh newspapers send reporters to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. Who publishes an epic poem called "The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh" in Harper's Weekly?
(a) John Eliot Bowen.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) Daniel Peyton.
(d) Frank Deckert.

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

6. Who is the person interviewed separately who tells of seeing water shooting out between rocks in the dam?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Herbert Webber.
(d) Chal Dick.

7. What is the name of the club that develops as esprit de corps, as in wartime?
(a) Society Club.
(b) Lime Kiln Club.
(c) The Survivor Club.
(d) The Broken Hearts Club.

8. How many trains do reporters charter from Pittsburgh to Johnstown to report on the flood?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

9. How much money is raised in Pittsburgh the Saturday after the flood?
(a) $150,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $100,000.

10. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) New York.
(d) Pittsburgh.

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

12. How many foreign nations donated money to flood relief efforts in Johnstown?
(a) 18.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

13. What famous poet is asked to write something for the flood victims?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

14. How many people are taken back and forth on the ferry?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what cities outside Pennsylvania are stories run on the front page regarding the flood?

2. What is the name of the man who started stories while berserk over the loss of his wife and children?

3. At what time do journalists going on foot or wagon reach New Florence in Chapter 6?

4. What is the name of the Chicago publisher who creates a popular color lithograph of the dam bursting?

5. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?

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