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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. Who is known as the "Paul Revere of the Flood"?

2. Which of the following rumors was not mentioned after the flood?

3. What is the name of the club that develops as esprit de corps, as in wartime?

4. Where does Pitcairn order the reporters' train back to at the end of Chapter 6?

5. What day does the first case of typhoid come on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the efforts made by the townsfolk in regards to helping the flood survivors in Chapter 7?

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

3. How does the author describe the sightseers at the flood site?

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

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

6. How is the identification of the dead bodies described in Chapter 7?

7. How is Victor Heiser described when the wave reaches his family's property?

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

9. How is Horace Rose's experience in the flood described near the end of Chapter 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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