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

2. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 4,500.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 2,500.

3. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1908.

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?
(a) The Egyptians.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Greeks.

5. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1892.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.

2. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.

3. 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?

4. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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

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