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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 percentage is the mortality rate in Johnstown?
2. How many doctors and nurses did Clara Barton bring with her to help the relief efforts?
3. What is the name of the 1870 novel by Charles Reade that is quoted in the local newspaper after the flood?
4. What is the name of the publication that calls the flood "the most extraordinary calamity of the age"?
5. What does Pitcairn say he fears among survivors, which prompts him to call for a public meeting to send supplies to survivors in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the journalists from Pittsburgh do when they arrive in Bolivar?
2. What is the nature of the stories spread by the city lieutenant in regards to the Hungarian immigrants?
3. How is the Quinn family described in Chapter 5?
4. How is Horace Rose's experience in the flood described near the end of Chapter 5?
5. Describe the donations made to Johnstown from other cities.
6. What reasons does the author suggest for Pitcairn joining the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club?
7. What does William Tice witness near the end of Chapter 5?
8. How is Johnstown described at the beginning of Chapter 7?
9. What is the nature of the stories about Daniel Peyton?
10. How are the first arrivals of supply carts described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the structure of the book. What methods did the author use to tell this story? Was the structure used in the book successful?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of technology during the flood. What are some of the technological advances that could have helped the people of Johnstown to survive the flood? Did they make proper use of these measures?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the role of the Hungarians' portrayal in the book. What reason did the author have for including these depictions in the book? What is telling of the townsfolk's treatment of the Hungarians after the flood?
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