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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 cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Stony Creek Cemetery.
(b) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(c) Johnstown Cemetery.
(d) Mineral Point Cemetery.

2. Who rides back and forth on horseback trying to exhort the men to dig harder on fixing the dam in Chapter 3?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) John Hess.
(d) John G. Parke.

3. How many passengers and porters on the Day Express died in the flood?
(a) 30.
(b) 22.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

4. At what time was there to be a parade in Johnstown that had to be canceled due to the weather?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 5:30 p.m.
(d) 1:00 p.m.

5. What holiday were the townsfolk of Johnstown preparing for before the flood began?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Memorial Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the dam simply move away in a push at the end of Chapter 3?

2. What massive landmark was the water's first major obstacle?

3. What is the South Fork Creek described as being the perfect one of in Chapter 3?

4. At what age did the Pittsburgh clubmen's new president and manager begin working on the railroad?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Benjamin Ruff repair the dam after it first floods in 1862?

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

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

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

8. How is George Heiser described in Chapter 1?

9. What do passengers on the Night Off do during their ride?

10. How is the founding of Johnstown described?

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