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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was described as the relief effort's most resilient worker?
(a) W. Horace Rose.
(b) Clara Barton.
(c) Daniel Peyton.
(d) John Hess.

2. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) The journalists react.
(b) Time to reflect.
(c) No pen can describe.
(d) The calming shore.

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

4. What is said to be causing a violent epidemic problem in Chapter 7?
(a) Miles of debris.
(b) Acres of wood.
(c) Hundreds of human and animal carcasses.
(d) Dozens of trains.

5. Who arrives in Sang Hollow at 10 p.m. on foot with his story to wire to New Florence regarding the flood?
(a) W.N. Hays.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Myron Quinn.
(d) Charles Reade.

6. What is the name of the town where reporters are held because water prevents them from reaching Johnstown?
(a) Stony Creek.
(b) Bolivar.
(c) Mineral Point.
(d) Cresson.

7. How many acres are estimated to have been covered from the wreckage of the bridge?
(a) 60-70.
(b) 30-60.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 40-50.

8. What are the names of the prefabricated houses or hunt relics built for survivors?
(a) Parkies.
(b) Oklahomas.
(c) Ohios.
(d) Housies.

9. What do Johnstown residents see catch fire around 8 p.m. the day of the flood?
(a) Townhall.
(b) The prison.
(c) The spire of St. John's church.
(d) The wooden bridge.

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) James B. Scott.
(d) H.L. Chapman and David Beale.

11. Who is the town's first choice for dictator?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) John Fulton.
(d) John Fulton.

12. On what day does the sun shine for the first time since the flood?
(a) June 19.
(b) June 9.
(c) July 9.
(d) July 5.

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

14. What is the name of the family who lives in an opulent three-story, red brick house?
(a) Beale.
(b) Quinn.
(c) Elder.
(d) Frick.

15. What sum does Unger summarize the losses at the club to be?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $45,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $150,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?

2. What is the name of the 1870 novel by Charles Reade that is quoted in the local newspaper after the flood?

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

4. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?

5. Who entertains "Newspaper Row" by asking colleagues about restaurants?

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