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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 young girl who nearly has her leg amputated by rescuers?

2. Who paid out of pocket for supplies after becoming exhausted from four straight days of relief work?

3. What sum does Unger summarize the losses at the club to be?

4. What is the name of the large Pittsburgh construction company that sends 1,000 employees to the flood relief?

5. How many people in Johnstown end up dying of typhoid?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Henry S. Brown's journey to Johnstown described?

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

6. How is the work of the 200 photographers visiting Johnstown described?

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

8. What is the nature of the stories spread by the city lieutenant in regards to the Hungarian immigrants?

9. Describe the city's reasons for needing quick disinfection in Chapter 8.

10. How is the Quinn family described in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the telegraph operators in the crisis. Did all of these operators work together or did some act alone? What impact could they have had in preventing the number of flood related deaths?

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 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?

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