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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 and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(b) A. V. Kellogg.
(c) Colonel William Sterett.
(d) Dr. Young.

2. What writer for the Dallas News took a train from Houston to Galveston?
(a) Chief Willis Moore.
(b) General William B. Hazen.
(c) Captain J. W. Simmons.
(d) Colonel William Sterett.

3. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?
(a) Fans.
(b) Pumps.
(c) Floats.
(d) Stilts.

4. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?
(a) 3 blocks.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 10 blocks.
(d) 5 miles.

5. Dr. Young lost his house, but his family was safe in _______________.
(a) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(b) Pueblo, Colorado.
(c) San Antonio, Texas.
(d) Omaha, Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?

2. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

3. After the storm, Anthony Credo learned that he had lost a total of how many family members?

4. The passengers of the Beaumont, Texas, train who survived took refuge at what location?

5. Bodies continued to emerge from the wreckage at an average of how many per day?

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