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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. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Tailwind.
(b) Headwind.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Pushwind.

2. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?
(a) The Robertsons.
(b) The Clarks.
(c) The Matthews.
(d) The Youens.

3. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

4. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?
(a) 22.
(b) 58.
(c) 6.
(d) 95.

5. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Aurora, Illinois.
(b) Anchorage, Alaska.
(c) Abilene, Texas.
(d) Albany, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?

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

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

4. What humanitarian arrived to help and sent a message that the situation had not been exaggerated?

5. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?

(see the answer key)

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