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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. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?
(a) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(b) Omaha, Nebraska.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Topeka, Kansas.

2. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) John Blagden.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Edmund Halley.

3. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 1 foot.
(c) 10 inches.
(d) 5 feet.

4. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) July 25, 1885.
(b) April 2, 1894.
(c) July 6, 1882.
(d) October 11, 1887.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?

2. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings made it home last, with water up to his underarms?

3. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?

4. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?

5. When Isaac returned to work the week after the storm, the instruments in his office were still out, and he was forced to communicate by what means to the Houston station?

(see the answer key)

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