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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?
(a) A prison.
(b) A schoolhouse.
(c) A boxcar.
(d) A church.

2. What is the name of the large Pittsburgh construction company that sends 1,000 employees to the flood relief?
(a) Mellon and Finn.
(b) Booth and Flinn.
(c) Carnegie and Booth.
(d) Carnegie and Mellon.

3. At what time does a deep, steady rumble like an avalanche approach Johnstown in Chapter 5?
(a) 4:07 p.m.
(b) 3:00 p.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) 5:00 a.m.

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.
(b) After the flood.
(c) The sad survivors.
(d) A great tragedy.

6. What is the last name of the one male reporter to die of pneumonia?
(a) Smith.
(b) Jones.
(c) Crute.
(d) Davis.

7. What is the name of the publication that calls the flood "the most extraordinary calamity of the age"?
(a) Time.
(b) Frank Leslies'.
(c) Harper's Bazaar.
(d) Life.

8. 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.

9. What kind of immigrants have lurid stories spread about them regarding thieving and shooting after the flood?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Hungarians.
(c) Italians.
(d) French.

10. What is the name of the woman who has a baby boy during the flood?
(a) Mrs. Williams.
(b) Mrs. Carpenter.
(c) Mrs. Jones.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

11. How high is the backwash when the wave slams into the immovable hill on the far side of town?
(a) 450 feet.
(b) 200 feet.
(c) 700 feet.
(d) 550 feet.

12. How many minutes are described as desperate that drown and destroy the city when the wave hits?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who heads the Pittsburgh Relief Committee after Moxham resigns?

2. Which of the following is not one of the details mentioned regarding people's actions just after the flood?

3. From where do 20,000 hams arrive for flood victims?

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

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

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