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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. Where does Isaac meet his wife?
(a) Train.
(b) College.
(c) Church.
(d) Work.

2. How many lives does Isaac say were saved because of his warnings?
(a) 200.
(b) 500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 6,000.

3. What kind of vessel does Monagan commandeer to get to Galveston after the storm?
(a) Schooner.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Yacht.
(d) Steamship.

4. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:
(a) Gambling.
(b) Taking nude photos.
(c) Extreme filth.
(d) Robbing banks.

5. Tom L Monagan is sent to Galveston after the storm by _________________.
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Governor.
(c) Weather bureau.
(d) An insurance company.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?

2. What is the name of Louise's best friend who lives across the street?

3. Col. William Sterett is a writer for which newspaper?

4. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?

5. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.

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