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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) August wave.
(c) July dream.
(d) July rollercoaster.

2. There was great concern that ________ would have a mental breakdown after his wife's body was found.
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Judson Palmer.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Edmund Halley.

3. Dr. Young lost his house, but his family was safe in _______________.
(a) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(b) Omaha, Nebraska.
(c) San Antonio, Texas.
(d) Pueblo, Colorado.

4. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?
(a) Glenn.
(b) August.
(c) Forest.
(d) Jacob.

5. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

3. Where was the letter that Willis Moore wrote defending the forecasting conducted by the Weather Bureau published?

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

5. The wind was measured at what speed from the Galveston weather station in Part IV: Cataclysm?

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