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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. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) July 6, 1882.
(b) April 2, 1894.
(c) October 11, 1887.
(d) July 25, 1885.

2. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Newton.
(d) Edison.

3. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?
(a) Tucked it away in a drawer.
(b) Sold it to a jeweler.
(c) Gave it to another woman.
(d) Had it enlarged and wore it.

4. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?
(a) 14.
(b) 30.
(c) 65.
(d) 147.

5. The invention of the __________ was key to the development and effectiveness of the Weather Bureau allowing for the rapid transmission of weather forecasts from city to city.
(a) Camera.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Automobile.
(d) Train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?

2. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

3. When a train from Houston to Galveston became stalled, a team of men buried how many corpses found during the afternoon?

4. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

5. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?

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