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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 does Rev. Chapman see rolling past him at 4 p.m. in Chapter 5?
(a) A boxcar.
(b) A prison.
(c) A schoolhouse.
(d) A church.

2. What is the ratio of the dead bodies that cannot be identified?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in two.
(c) One in three.
(d) One in five.

3. What do Johnstown residents see catch fire around 8 p.m. the day of the flood?
(a) The prison.
(b) The wooden bridge.
(c) The spire of St. John's church.
(d) Townhall.

4. Who is known as the "Paul Revere of the Flood"?
(a) Daniel Peyton.
(b) Charles Reade.
(c) Cyrus Elder.
(d) Henry Phipps.

5. At what time do newspapermen arrive across the Little Conemaugh in Chapter 7?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 2:00 p.m.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrives midweek after the flood to break the jam at the stone bridge?

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

3. Where does Clara Barton set up headquarters for the Red Cross in Johnstown?

4. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?

5. In what month does Clara Barton end up leaving Johnstown?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Quinn family described in Chapter 5?

2. How are the events on Sunday, June 9th described?

3. How is Mr. Pitcairn described as he prepares to go to Johnstown to evaluate flood damage?

4. What does William Tice witness near the end of Chapter 5?

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

6. Describe the donations made to Johnstown from other cities.

7. What efforts does Daniel Hartman Hastings try and make?

8. What is Pitcairn's reaction after seeing debris in the muddy water at Sang Hollow?

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

10. How is Horace Rose's experience in the flood described near the end of Chapter 5?

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