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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a train from Houston to Galveston became stalled, a team of men buried how many corpses found during the afternoon?
(a) 37.
(b) 9.
(c) 22.
(d) 58.

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

3. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) William Redfield.
(c) Dean Bruner.
(d) Henry Howgate.

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

5. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?
(a) William Dampier.
(b) A. V. Kellogg.
(c) William B. Stockman.
(d) Matthew Fontaine Maury.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was estimated that at the height of the storm, the barometric pressure fell to __________.

2. Who was the Chief of the U S Weather Bureau in 1900?

3. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

4. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?

5. Louise Hopkins was playing with which friend in the yard when they began to see debris and water rushing down the streets?

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