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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. Which of the following is not one of the details mentioned regarding people's actions just after the flood?
(a) No order.
(b) No class.
(c) No organization.
(d) No sense.

2. How many refugees are trapped in the Swan house in Chapter 5?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 264.
(d) 176.

3. What is the last name of the one male reporter to die of pneumonia?
(a) Crute.
(b) Davis.
(c) Smith.
(d) Jones.

4. How many of the 500-600 people in the bridge survive?
(a) 80.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 55.

5. Who paid out of pocket for supplies after becoming exhausted from four straight days of relief work?
(a) James B. Scott.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) Andrew Mellon.
(d) Capt. Bill Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Pitcairn's first interest in the dam come after it wrecks railroad property?

2. Which of the following states had the International Red Cross NOT helped after natural disasters before Johnstown?

3. At what time do a carpenter and his wife stagger into town and report that there is hardly a building left standing in Johnstown?

4. On what day does the sun shine for the first time since the flood?

5. What is the name of the family who lives in an opulent three-story, red brick house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Henry S. Brown's journey to Johnstown described?

4. How does the author describe the sightseers at the flood site?

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

6. How is Johnstown described at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

8. What happens to a man and two women seen riding a barn roof in Chapter 6?

9. How are Clara Barton's relief efforts described?

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

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