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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: the Serpent's Coil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?
(a) Jameson's Shoe Company.
(b) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(c) The Smithwick Textile Corporation.
(d) The Bolivar Lighthouse Association.

2. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Byzantines.

3. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Willis Moore.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Matthew Fontaine Maury.

4. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?
(a) J. W. Simmons.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) William Dampier.

5. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 25.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?

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

3. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?

4. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's daughter?

5. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

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