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

2. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Rodney Maher.
(b) Henry Cohen.
(c) Matthew Cohen.
(d) Matthew Lithburg.

3. After the storm, there were so many dead that the city resolved to do what with the corpses?
(a) Hire workers from out of state to bury them.
(b) Create a mass grave.
(c) Bury them at sea.
(d) Transport the bodies to Louisiana.

4. What refers to a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror?
(a) Thermograph.
(b) Barometer.
(c) Clinometer.
(d) Heliograph.

5. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?
(a) Dean Bruner.
(b) Dean Williams.
(c) Dean Frank.
(d) Dean Jones.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Isaac privately wished he would have brought his family __________ for their safety during the storm.

3. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?

4. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?

5. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?

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