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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 morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was at what location?
(a) 34th and B Strrets.
(b) 61st and M Streets.
(c) 5th and H Streets.
(d) 28th and P Streets.

2. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

3. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Willis Moore.
(b) Bat Masterson.
(c) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(d) Henry Piddington.

4. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?
(a) A house.
(b) A car.
(c) A piano.
(d) A farm.

5. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) The Egyptians.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Romans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bodies continued to emerge from the wreckage at an average of how many per day?

2. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

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

4. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?

5. The storm's track hit Galveston at a 90 degree angle with its eye passing how many miles west of the city?

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