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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?
(a) 67.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 57.

3. What is the name of the man who started stories while berserk over the loss of his wife and children?
(a) John Hess.
(b) Daniel Peyton.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) Chal Dick.

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

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

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

7. 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) 1:00 p.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 4:00 a.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

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

9. From where do 20,000 hams arrive for flood victims?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) New York.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Chicago.

10. What is the name of the Chicago publisher who creates a popular color lithograph of the dam bursting?
(a) Harp & Smitz.
(b) Kurz & Allison.
(c) Smith & Wesson.
(d) Hart & Lad.

11. What is the name of the young girl who nearly has her leg amputated by rescuers?
(a) Gertrude Quinn.
(b) Emma Ehrenfeld.
(c) Rose Clark.
(d) Hettie Ogle.

12. How many refugees are trapped in the Swan house in Chapter 5?
(a) 176.
(b) 264.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

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

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

15. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?
(a) The telegraph tower.
(b) Dr. Lowman's house.
(c) The Presbyterian Church.
(d) Alma Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the publication that calls the flood "the most extraordinary calamity of the age"?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 8?

4. What is described as by far the greatest horror witnessed by flood victims in Chapter 5?

5. Who conducts a church service on Sunday that initially attracts 30 people?

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