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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. From where do 20,000 hams arrive for flood victims?
2. What is the name of the girl who climbs in a cupboard to stay safe from the flood?
3. What is the name of the man who started stories while berserk over the loss of his wife and children?
4. What train was the survivor on who wrote a long, florid account of his "race for life" with the "monster destruction"?
5. At what time do a carpenter and his wife stagger into town and report that there is hardly a building left standing in Johnstown?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Johnstown described at the beginning of Chapter 7?
2. What is the nature of the stories spread by the city lieutenant in regards to the Hungarian immigrants?
3. Describe what happens to Gertrude Quinn after she hides in a cupboard.
4. How is Victor Heiser described when the wave reaches his family's property?
5. What are some of the efforts made by the townsfolk in regards to helping the flood survivors in Chapter 7?
6. How is Mr. Pitcairn described as he prepares to go to Johnstown to evaluate flood damage?
7. How is the use of dynamite described in Chapter 8?
8. How is Henry S. Brown's journey to Johnstown described?
9. What do the journalists from Pittsburgh do when they arrive in Bolivar?
10. What are the three destructive thrusts made by the wave as described in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the charitable donations given to the flood victims of Johnstown. What was the nature of these donations? What did these donations say in regards to the outpouring of support from the rest of the nation?
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 portrayal of the city of Johnstown in the book. What is the nature of the atmosphere? How are the townsfolk described?
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