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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's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

2. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?
(a) 58.
(b) 95.
(c) 6.
(d) 22.

3. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1583.
(c) 1527.
(d) 1654.

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

5. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Anna Delz.
(c) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(d) Emily Anniston.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?

2. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.

3. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?

4. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?

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

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