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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What height is the water that Seibert observes coming over the top of the dam near the end of Chapter 3?
2. What is the name of the telegraph operator in Mineral Point?
3. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
4. What is the name of the cantankerous editor of the Tribune?
5. In what year does Johnstown experience its first flood when a small dam breaks across Stony Creek?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Johnstown like in 1889 in terms of amenities?
2. In what way does Daniel Johnson Morrell change the iron business according to Chapter 2?
3. What leisure activities are popular in Johnstown?
4. How are the residents of Johnstown who are participating in the Memorial Day Parade described?
5. Describe what Hess and Liggett do after becoming stranded in Mineral Point.
6. What do the passengers in Section 1 do once they realize they're in danger in Chapter 4?
7. What reasons does the author say allowed the water to flow freely down the mountains in Johnstown?
8. How does the author describe the cheap construction techniques used on the South Fork dam?
9. What does Hettie Ogle do when she receives the flood warning?
10. How is the founding of Johnstown described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of the train engineers during the crisis. What impact did they have on the outcome of the flood?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of technology during the flood. What are some of the technological advances that could have helped the people of Johnstown to survive the flood? Did they make proper use of these measures?
Essay Topic 3
Examine John Fulton's report on the dam in Chapter 2. What is the nature of this report? What might have been prevented in terms of the flood had this report been taken more seriously?
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