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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Louisa Rollfing originally from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

2. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?
(a) 147.
(b) 30.
(c) 65.
(d) 14.

3. Where was Isaac Cline born?
(a) Mariposa, California.
(b) Phoenix, Oregon.
(c) Gardinerville, Montana.
(d) Madisonville, Tennessee.

4. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) St Louis, Missouri.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

2. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?

3. As Captain Halsey continued on his journey in Part II: the Serpent's Coil, he estimated the wind at what speed when he had probably neared the heart of the storm?

4. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

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

(see the answer key)

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