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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 day does the first case of typhoid come on?

2. What do Johnstown residents see catch fire around 8 p.m. the day of the flood?

3. Who is the person interviewed separately who tells of seeing water shooting out between rocks in the dam?

4. What is the name of the young girl who nearly has her leg amputated by rescuers?

5. What is the title of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What is the nature of the stories about Daniel Peyton?

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

8. What do the journalists from Pittsburgh do when they arrive in Bolivar?

9. What is the nature of Pitcairn's second message to Pittsburgh?

10. How are the Hungarians depicted in Johnstown in Chapter 8?

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 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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