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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. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
(a) Cora Cline.
(b) Isaac Cline.
(c) Laura Cline.
(d) Joseph Cline.

2. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.
(a) Be open on Sundays.
(b) Sell expired goods.
(c) Inflate prices.
(d) Charge tax.

3. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Animal trainer.
(c) Park ranger.
(d) Dentist.

4. What humanitarian arrived to help and sent a message that the situation had not been exaggerated?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Clara Barton.
(d) Anna Delz.

5. Where did a train from Houston to Galveston become stalled?
(a) Texas City, Texas.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Roswell, New Mexico.
(d) Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?

2. How many of the passengers on the train from Beaumont, Texas, departed and headed to a lighthouse they saw in the distance when the train was trapped?

3. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?

4. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?

5. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?

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