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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 name of the engineer who sits in the cab of train No. 2 at Buttermilk Falls in Chapter 4?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) George T. Swank.
(c) Benjamin J. Ruff.
(d) John Hess.

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

3. At what age did the Pittsburgh clubmen's new president and manager begin working on the railroad?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

4. Who conducts an investigation years after the flood on the whereabouts and activities of the railroad employees in the flood?
(a) The mayor of Johnstown.
(b) The city of Johnstown.
(c) The state of Pennsylvania.
(d) Pennsylvania Railroad.

5. How many frame houses does Cambria Iron rent from the city of Johnstown?
(a) 250.
(b) 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 700.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the last name of the first white settlers that came to Johnstown in 1771?

2. What item, along with rude rafts, do the families of Johnstown pull in the streets during the storm?

3. What is the death toll ratio given at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What is the name of the Methodist minister who lives two doors off Main Street?

5. How many crucial changes did Ruff's men find that Fulton failed to notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the events of the townsfolk on the day of the flood between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. described?

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

3. How is George Heiser described in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

7. What reason does the author say the local fishermen are irritated by the club management in Chapter 2?

8. How are the residents of Johnstown who are participating in the Memorial Day Parade described?

9. How do the townspeople of Johnstown react to the telegraph message warning them that the dam would break?

10. What does John G. Parke do when he is awakened for the second time at 6:30 a.m.?

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