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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 Part IV: Cataclysm, a telegram was sent from the weather station where to the Chief of the US Weather Bureau in Washington, DC, informing him that they had lost all contact with the Galveston office?
(a) St. Louis, Missouri.
(b) Houston, Texas.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Miami, Florida.

2. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?
(a) The Thomas Building.
(b) The Murray Building.
(c) The Levy Building.
(d) The Edwards Building.

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

4. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Ernest Zebrowski.
(b) Evangelista Torricelli.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

5. After the storm, Isaac Cline claimed to have saved over how many people, according to the author in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. The passengers of the Beaumont, Texas, train who survived took refuge at what location?

2. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.

3. Isaac privately wished he would have brought his family __________ for their safety during the storm.

4. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?

5. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

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