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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) San Francisco.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Washington, DC.

2. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Buffalo Bill Cody.

3. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) T. P. Halsey.
(b) William B. Hazen.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) William Sterett.

4. 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 _____________.
(a) August breeze.
(b) July rollercoaster.
(c) August wave.
(d) July dream.

5. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Edison.
(c) Newton.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?

2. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?

3. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

4. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?

5. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?

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