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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Cataclysm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) Evangelista Torricelli.
(c) Ernest Zebrowski.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

3. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?
(a) Chest deep.
(b) Neck deep.
(c) Eight inches.
(d) Two feet.

4. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?
(a) The Samurai Revolution.
(b) The Boxer Rebellion.
(c) The Panda Movement.
(d) The Bamboo Storm.

5. What daughter of Ruby Credo's was severely injured when a piece of wood was driven through her arm?
(a) Pamela.
(b) Paula.
(c) Polly.
(d) Pearl.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?

2. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?

3. What refers to a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror?

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

5. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?

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