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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. How many rooms does the South Fork club have?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 23.
(d) 47.

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

3. What is the name of the ticket agent that is asked for his advice on whether to send a warning to Pitcairn at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) J.C. Walkinshaw.
(b) Chal Dick.
(c) C.P. Dougherty.
(d) Benjamin F. Ruff.

4. What year did work stop on the building of the South Fork dam?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1789.

5. What do W. Horace Rose and Charles Zimmerman joke about just before the flood starts?
(a) Boats floating in the street.
(b) A break from work.
(c) The cows drinking water on Main Street.
(d) Horses roaming the stores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

2. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?

3. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?

4. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?

5. How much did the workers at the iron company in Johnstown make for a week's work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leisure activities are popular in Johnstown?

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

4. How are the hundreds of families in the streets of Johnstown just after the water begins to rise described?

5. How does John G. Parke describe the weather at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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

7. What are the four critical changes John Fulton discovers must be made regarding Ruff's men's findings at the end of Chapter 2?

8. What does John G. Parke do when he sees serious leaks in the dam in Chapter 3?

9. What happens after Lake Conemaugh empties in 36-45 minutes?

10. How is the South Fork dam described at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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