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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 was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?
(a) September, 1899.
(b) August, 1900.
(c) July, 1904.
(d) June, 1897.

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

3. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?
(a) Omaha, Nebraska.
(b) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Topeka, Kansas.

4. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac sent a telegram to the Central Office where advising them that the water was high and there were opposing winds?
(a) New York City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Chicago.

5. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Anchorage, Alaska.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Aurora, Illinois.
(d) Abilene, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?

3. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?

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

5. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?

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