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

2. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) Cameroon.
(b) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(c) Niger.
(d) Hispaniola.

3. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Nonlinear dynamics.
(c) Tailwind.
(d) Headwind.

4. According to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms, the first official notation of the storm was made by a Captain in his log on what date?
(a) September 20, 1902.
(b) June 18, 1901.
(c) August 27, 1900.
(d) July 4, 1899.

5. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Tailwind.
(c) Headwind.
(d) Nonlinear dynamics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cuban forecasters indicated that they had correctly predicted that the storm would not __________.

2. How many passengers on the Beaumont, Texas, train died when the storm surged and derailed the train?

3. Joseph attempted to phone to Washington, but the telephone operator wouldn't put him through because there were how many people ahead of him waiting to place calls?

4. What humanitarian arrived to help and sent a message that the situation had not been exaggerated?

5. Isaac Cline's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?

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