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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. How many casualties are first estimated that are too high?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. What is described as by far the greatest horror witnessed by flood victims in Chapter 5?
(a) The flood in Mineral Point.
(b) The fire at the church.
(c) The flood in Cresson.
(d) The fire at the bridge.

3. How many people were killed in the "Great Strike" of 1877?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 57.
(d) 67.

4. How many doctors and nurses did Clara Barton bring with her to help the relief efforts?
(a) 75.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 100.

5. Who arrives in Sang Hollow at 10 p.m. on foot with his story to wire to New Florence regarding the flood?
(a) Myron Quinn.
(b) Cyrus Elder.
(c) Charles Reade.
(d) W.N. Hays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the town's first choice for dictator?

2. How many refugees are trapped in the Swan house in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Pitcairn leave Pittsburgh for in a private upholstered car?

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

5. What is the name of the publication that calls the flood "the most extraordinary calamity of the age"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are some of the efforts made by the townsfolk in regards to helping the flood survivors in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the city's reasons for needing quick disinfection in Chapter 8.

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

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