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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. Who heads the Pittsburgh Relief Committee after Moxham resigns?
(a) John Hess.
(b) John Fulton.
(c) James B. Scott.
(d) Daniel Hartman Hastings.

2. At what time do journalists going on foot or wagon reach New Florence in Chapter 6?
(a) 6:30 p.m.
(b) 5:15 a.m.
(c) 3:00 a.m.
(d) 4:00 p.m.

3. How many of the 119 people riding debris downstream at 15 mph are saved in Chapter 6?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

4. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1880.

5. In what month does Clara Barton end up leaving Johnstown?
(a) October.
(b) July,
(c) December,
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the person interviewed separately who tells of seeing water shooting out between rocks in the dam?

2. What is the name of the man of the Philadelphia Press who catches a train to Johnstown but gets no further than Harrisburg?

3. What does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?

4. How many foreign nations donated money to flood relief efforts in Johnstown?

5. Which of the following places was not one of the refuge houses for flood victims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the author suggest for Pitcairn joining the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club?

2. How is Kurz and Allison's lithograph described?

3. What is the nature of the journalists' first reports of the flood?

4. How are the first arrivals of supply carts described?

5. What is the nature of Pitcairn's second message to Pittsburgh?

6. How is the identification of the dead bodies described in Chapter 7?

7. What is the nature of the stories about Daniel Peyton?

8. What do the journalists from Pittsburgh do when they arrive in Bolivar?

9. What is the nature of the stories spread by the city lieutenant in regards to the Hungarian immigrants?

10. Describe what happens to Gertrude Quinn after she hides in a cupboard.

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