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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the U.S. weather service make every effort to avoid?
(a) Evacuation.
(b) Cyclone.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Hurricane.

2. How many people take refuge in the Cline house during the storm?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

3. Who is William Stockman?
(a) Ambassador to Cuba.
(b) U.S. forecast official in Havana.
(c) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(d) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.

4. What ironic numbers does the Galveston News report the morning of the hurricane?
(a) U.S. census numbers.
(b) Life span rate.
(c) Death rate.
(d) New births.

5. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:
(a) A burst of heat from a gunnery drill.
(b) A rain drop hitting a leaf.
(c) A plume of hot sea.
(d) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?

4. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?

5. Where do the winds of the tropical storm suddenly weaken, causing forecasters to miscalculate the intensity and path of the storm?

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