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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 Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?
(a) Great damage.
(b) Little suffering.
(c) Much pain.
(d) Terrible suffering.

2. What is the name of the town where reporters are held because water prevents them from reaching Johnstown?
(a) Stony Creek.
(b) Mineral Point.
(c) Cresson.
(d) Bolivar.

3. What train was the survivor on who wrote a long, florid account of his "race for life" with the "monster destruction"?
(a) The Flash.
(b) The Limited.
(c) The Daydream.
(d) Day Express.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time do newspapermen arrive across the Little Conemaugh in Chapter 7?

2. Which of the following is not one of the details mentioned regarding people's actions just after the flood?

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

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

5. What is the name of the Chicago publisher who creates a popular color lithograph of the dam bursting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Victor Heiser described when the wave reaches his family's property?

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

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

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

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