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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. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?
(a) Spain.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Hawaii.

2. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1969.

3. 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) Anna Delz.
(c) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(d) Emily Anniston.

4. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Cuba.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Niger.
(d) Morocco.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cuban forecasters indicated that they had correctly predicted that the storm would not __________.

2. By what date does the author write that the streets of Galveston were cleaned, there were no pyres, the decomposition odor had lifted and new construction was everywhere?

3. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?

4. It was estimated that at the height of the storm, the barometric pressure fell to __________.

5. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

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