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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. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.
2. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(b) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(c) Cora May Ballew.
(d) Cora Sue Smith.
3. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) Colonel William Sterett.
(b) A. V. Kellogg.
(c) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(d) Dr. Young.
4. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?
(a) Tucked it away in a drawer.
(b) Sold it to a jeweler.
(c) Gave it to another woman.
(d) Had it enlarged and wore it.
5. The storm's track hit Galveston at a 90 degree angle with its eye passing how many miles west of the city?
(a) 65.
(b) 15.
(c) 40.
(d) 25.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?
2. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?
3. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?
4. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?
5. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?
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