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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 the title of Chapter 6?
(a) A message from Mr. Pitcairn.
(b) After the flood.
(c) The sad survivors.
(d) A great tragedy.

2. What is the name of the young girl who nearly has her leg amputated by rescuers?
(a) Gertrude Quinn.
(b) Rose Clark.
(c) Hettie Ogle.
(d) Emma Ehrenfeld.

3. What is said to be causing a violent epidemic problem in Chapter 7?
(a) Dozens of trains.
(b) Acres of wood.
(c) Hundreds of human and animal carcasses.
(d) Miles of debris.

4. What town is Pitcairn the supreme commander of on the rail line?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Cresson.
(c) Altoona.
(d) Mineral Point.

5. Who publishes an epic poem called "The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh" in Harper's Weekly?
(a) Frank Deckert.
(b) James B. Scott.
(c) Daniel Peyton.
(d) John Eliot Bowen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many doctors and nurses did Clara Barton bring with her to help the relief efforts?

2. How many casualties are first estimated that are too high?

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

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

5. Who is known as the "Paul Revere of the Flood"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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