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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1895.
2. What is the name of the company that provided steel and led to Johnstown's expansion to triple the size?
(a) Cambria Iron Company.
(b) B & O Railroad.
(c) Pittsburgh Steel.
(d) Johnstown Steel.
3. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?
(a) 23.
(b) 47.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.
4. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) W. Horace Rose.
(c) George T. Swank.
(d) Daniel Johnson Morrell.
5. What is the name of the lake that was 15 miles upriver from Johnstown and was held back by the dam?
(a) Lake Michigan.
(b) Lake Conemaugh.
(c) Lake Pennsylvania.
(d) Lake Huron.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who owns the South Fork dam?
2. What is the amount of salary Bill Jones accepts from Andrew Carnegie in Chapter 2?
3. What is the name of the engineer of the Chicago Limited?
4. What birthday is the United States ready to celebrate the year of the Johnstown flood?
5. Who is the first human victim that the water claims in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John G. Parke do when he sees serious leaks in the dam in Chapter 3?
2. How is the rain described when it starts in Johnstown at 4 p.m. on May 31st?
3. In what way does Daniel Johnson Morrell change the iron business according to Chapter 2?
4. In what way is Johnstown booming financially before the flood?
5. How do the townspeople of Johnstown react to the telegraph message warning them that the dam would break?
6. What is Johnstown like in 1889 in terms of amenities?
7. How are the hundreds of families in the streets of Johnstown just after the water begins to rise described?
8. How does John G. Parke describe the weather at the beginning of Chapter 1?
9. Describe what Hess and Liggett do after becoming stranded in Mineral Point.
10. What happens after Lake Conemaugh empties in 36-45 minutes?
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