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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How many of the 500-600 people in the bridge survive?
(a) 55.
(b) 80.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Help!
(b) It's not over yet.
(c) We need dry land.
(d) Run for your lives!

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

7. What percentage is the mortality rate in Johnstown?
(a) 5%.
(b) 11 %.
(c) 20%.
(d) 15%.

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

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

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

11. How many children under ten-years-old die in the flood?
(a) 100.
(b) 500.
(c) 396.
(d) 260.

12. In what cities outside Pennsylvania are stories run on the front page regarding the flood?
(a) Philadelphia and Chicago.
(b) Cincinnati and New York.
(c) Boston and Chicago.
(d) Boston and New York.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the town where reporters are held because water prevents them from reaching Johnstown?

3. How many miles from Johnstown are the journalists from Pittsburgh?

4. What is the ratio of the dead bodies that cannot be identified?

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

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