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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 engineer of the Chicago Limited?
2. What is the name of the manager that is described as the most powerful man in Johnstown?
3. What is the title of Chapter 3?
4. What is the name of the two section train that came into Johnstown from Chicago?
5. Who owns the South Fork dam?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John G. Parke witness when he returns to the town from delivering the flood warning?
2. How is the founding of Johnstown described?
3. How is the South Fork dam described at the beginning of Chapter 2?
4. How are the events of the townsfolk on the day of the flood between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. described?
5. What reasons does the author say allowed the water to flow freely down the mountains in Johnstown?
6. What reason does the author say the local fishermen are irritated by the club management in Chapter 2?
7. In what way does Daniel Johnson Morrell change the iron business according to Chapter 2?
8. What does John G. Parke do when he is awakened for the second time at 6:30 a.m.?
9. In what way is Johnstown booming financially before the flood?
10. What do the passengers in Section 1 do once they realize they're in danger in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of religion during the crisis. What role did religion play in the lives of the townsfolk of Johnstown? What might have been the author's purpose in including religious discussion in the text?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of Robert Pitcairn in the book. What was his purpose in the relief efforts?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the role of the journalists in the crisis. What information could be gathered based on their reports? Are these reports mostly factual? What negative aspects were involved in these reports?
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