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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) Colonel William Sterett.
(b) A. V. Kellogg.
(c) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(d) Dr. Young.

2. In what year did Louisa Rollfing marry her husband?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1885.

3. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 4:30 a.m.
(c) 7:45 p.m.
(d) 2:15 p.m.

4. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Chauncey Depew.
(b) Ernest Zebrowski.
(c) Evangelista Torricelli.
(d) Edmund Halley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

2. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

3. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?

4. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?

5. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?

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