1. The wind was measured at what speed from the Galveston weather station in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 95 mph.
(b) 135 mph.
(c) 110 mph.
(d) 160 mph.

2. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(c) Anna Delz.
(d) Emily Anniston.

3. After the storm, Anthony Credo learned that he had lost a total of how many family members?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

4. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) 1654.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1583.
(d) 1527.

5. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?
(a) "The Colorado."
(b) "The Virginia."
(c) "The California."
(d) "The Louisiana."

Short Answer Questions

1. August Rollfing hired a driver and buggy with orders to pick up his wife and children and take them to his mother's house where in Part IV: Cataclysm?

2. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

3. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?

4. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?

5. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?

(see the answer key)

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