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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. What is the last name of the family who owns the store in Johnstown where rumors of a disaster become a joke just before the flood?
(a) Hess.
(b) Quinn.
(c) Heiser.
(d) Deckert.

2. What is the name of the reverend who turns out with his neighbors just before the first flood break?
(a) Chal Dick.
(b) Robert Pitcairn.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) G.W. Brown.

3. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
(a) John Hess.
(b) W.H. Pickerell.
(c) Emma Ehrenfeld.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

4. At what time does John G. Parke say he wakes up a second time to hear a "terrible roaring as of a cataract"?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 7:00 p.m.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 5:00 p.m.

5. Which of the following amenities does Johnstown not have in 1889?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Streetlights.
(c) Railroad station.
(d) Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time was there to be a parade in Johnstown that had to be canceled due to the weather?

2. How many years had the yardmaster, Walkinshaw, been working the day of the flood?

3. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?

4. What is the name of the resident engineer at the country club that owned the South Fork dam?

5. How many inches of rain dropped at the country club the night before the flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Daniel Johnson Morrell change the iron business according to Chapter 2?

2. How is the rain described when it starts in Johnstown at 4 p.m. on May 31st?

3. What is Johnstown like in 1889 in terms of amenities?

4. What happens when the water hits its first major obstacle in Chapter 4?

5. What is the nature of John Fulton's report on the safety of the dam in Chapter 2?

6. What reasons does the author say allowed the water to flow freely down the mountains in Johnstown?

7. In what way is Johnstown booming financially before the flood?

8. How is the founding of Johnstown described?

9. What does John G. Parke witness when he returns to the town from delivering the flood warning?

10. What happens to the city of Woodvale in Chapter 4?

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