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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: The Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1861.

2. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Abilene, Texas.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Anchorage, Alaska.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

3. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac sent a telegram to the Central Office where advising them that the water was high and there were opposing winds?
(a) New York City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Chicago.

4. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Chauncey Depew.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Matthew Fontaine Maury.

5. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?

2. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?

3. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?

4. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?

5. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?

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