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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 used to disinfect the entire district in Chapter 8?
(a) Antibacterial soap.
(b) Lye.
(c) Quicklime.
(d) Bleach.

2. On what day does the sun shine for the first time since the flood?
(a) July 9.
(b) June 9.
(c) July 5.
(d) June 19.

3. How many children under ten-years-old die in the flood?
(a) 260.
(b) 500.
(c) 100.
(d) 396.

4. Who conducts a church service on Sunday that initially attracts 30 people?
(a) W. Horace Rose and Henry Phipps.
(b) D.W.C. Bidwell.
(c) H.L. Chapman and David Beale.
(d) James B. Scott.

5. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the prefabricated houses or hunt relics built for survivors?

2. What is the name of the town where reporters are held because water prevents them from reaching Johnstown?

3. How high is the backwash when the wave slams into the immovable hill on the far side of town?

4. What is the name of the young girl who nearly has her leg amputated by rescuers?

5. What is the title of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the three destructive thrusts made by the wave as described in Chapter 5?

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

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

6. How are the Hungarians depicted in Johnstown in Chapter 8?

7. How is the use of dynamite described in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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