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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?
(a) Bradley and Susan Cline.
(b) Matthew and Harriet Cline.
(c) Jacob and Mary Cline.
(d) Thomas and Betsy Cline.

2. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) The King Charles II.
(b) The Queen Mary III.
(c) The Roma.
(d) Englands Majesty.

3. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?
(a) Bob's Place.
(b) Ritter's Cafe.
(c) The Cowboy Corral.
(d) The Lone Star Lounge.

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

5. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?
(a) 550 miles.
(b) 475 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 800 miles.

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. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?

3. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

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?

5. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?

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