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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beach: September 8, 1900.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?
(a) 8.7.
(b) 10.2.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.3.
2. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?
(a) Rainfall and wind speeds.
(b) Wave heights.
(c) Temperature and barometric pressures.
(d) Climate change.
3. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The wind.
(c) Dread.
(d) The waves.
4. Who is Willis Moore?
(a) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(b) Mayor of Galveston.
(c) U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
(d) Minister of the First Methodist Church.
5. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.
(a) Tin.
(b) Slate.
(c) Cork.
(d) Wood.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?
2. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?
3. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?
4. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
5. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?
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