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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.
(a) Evil.
(b) Meteorologists.
(c) People.
(d) Molecules.

2. Whose birthday does eight-year-old Henry Cortes come to Galveston to celebrate the day of the storm?
(a) His sister's.
(b) His uncle's.
(c) His grandmother's.
(d) His aunt's.

3. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

4. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?
(a) An empty boat.
(b) Body of a child.
(c) A hoard of rats.
(d) Body of a woman.

5. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Utah.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Pensacola.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:

2. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?

3. Who coined the word "cyclone" to describe hurricane damage?

4. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?

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

(see the answer key)

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