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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: The Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac sent a telegram to the Central Office where advising them that the water was high and there were opposing winds?
(a) New York City.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Joe Amando.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Ernest Zebrowski.

3. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?
(a) The University of Montana.
(b) The University of Alaska.
(c) The University of Virginia.
(d) The University of Arkansas.

4. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?
(a) March 1, 1911.
(b) September 7, 1900.
(c) May 16, 1898.
(d) January 22, 1894.

5. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) J. W. Simmons.
(b) William Sterett.
(c) William B. Hazen.
(d) T. P. Halsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Isaac Cline born?

2. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?

3. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

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

5. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?

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