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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 is the name of the brakeman in Section 1 that looks out for himself rather than passengers during the flood?
2. What disease was the only one prevalent among Johnstown residents in 1889 before the flood?
3. What society does W. Horace Rose found in Johnstown?
4. Which of the following immigrants were not mentioned to be watching the parade in Johnstown?
5. What are the dimensions of the South Fork dam?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John G. Parke do when he is awakened for the second time at 6:30 a.m.?
2. What are the four critical changes John Fulton discovers must be made regarding Ruff's men's findings at the end of Chapter 2?
3. How is the South Fork dam described at the beginning of Chapter 2?
4. What is the nature of John Fulton's report on the safety of the dam in Chapter 2?
5. How are the hundreds of families in the streets of Johnstown just after the water begins to rise described?
6. What is Johnstown like in 1889 in terms of amenities?
7. Describe what Hess and Liggett do after becoming stranded in Mineral Point.
8. How do the townspeople of Johnstown react to the telegraph message warning them that the dam would break?
9. What happens when the water hits its first major obstacle in Chapter 4?
10. Describe what happens to the Limited when the flood carries it away.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the portrayal of the city of Johnstown in the book. What is the nature of the atmosphere? How are the townsfolk described?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the nature of the author's depictions of the flood victims in the book. What methods did he use to obtain these descriptions? What evidence is there to suggest they are accurate accounts?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the role of the train engineers during the crisis. What impact did they have on the outcome of the flood?
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