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

2. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) A. V. Kellogg.
(b) Colonel William Sterett.
(c) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(d) Dr. Young.

3. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(b) Cora Sue Smith.
(c) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(d) Cora May Ballew.

4. What college did Isaac Cline attend?
(a) Hiwassee College.
(b) Menominee College.
(c) Tulane College.
(d) Savannah College.

5. How many of the passengers on the train from Beaumont, Texas, departed and headed to a lighthouse they saw in the distance when the train was trapped?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 17.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

2. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?

3. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?

4. After the storm, there were so many dead that the city resolved to do what with the corpses?

5. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?

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