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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 cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
(a) George T. Swank.
(b) Henry Clay Frick.
(c) Benjamin F. Ruff.
(d) Charles Reade.

2. How many saloons does greater Johnstown have?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 4.

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

4. What term did Johnstown residents use collectively for any immigrant willing to work cheap?
(a) Hokies.
(b) Hunkies.
(c) Oklahomas.
(d) Jims.

5. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
(a) George T. Swank.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) Daniel Johnson Morrell.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of the place in South Fork that was a perfect solution for boating and fishing?

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

4. What is the name of the company whose financing led to much of Pittsburgh's industrial growth?

5. In what year did the South Fork dam break for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the founding of Johnstown described?

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

4. Describe what Hess and Liggett do after becoming stranded in Mineral Point.

5. What does Hettie Ogle do when she receives the flood warning?

6. Describe what happens to the Limited when the flood carries it away.

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

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

9. What leisure activities are popular in Johnstown?

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

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