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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what do witnesses see a man and two women riding on just before dark in Chapter 6?
(a) A barn roof.
(b) A house.
(c) A boat.
(d) A train.

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

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

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

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) Day Express.
(c) The Limited.
(d) The Daydream.

7. What is the ratio of the dead bodies that cannot be identified?
(a) One in three.
(b) One in four.
(c) One in two.
(d) One in five.

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

9. Which of the following rumors was not mentioned after the flood?
(a) Prowling thieves.
(b) Gangs of toughs.
(c) Murders.
(d) Drunken brawls.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How many casualties are first estimated that are too high?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man of the Philadelphia Press who catches a train to Johnstown but gets no further than Harrisburg?

2. What town is Pitcairn the supreme commander of on the rail line?

3. How many men does Hart deputize for relief efforts?

4. What does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?

5. What are the names of the prefabricated houses or hunt relics built for survivors?

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