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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) January 22, 1894.
(b) May 16, 1898.
(c) September 7, 1900.
(d) March 1, 1911.

2. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1912.

3. 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) Joe Amando.
(b) Henry Piddington.
(c) Ernest Zebrowski.
(d) Bat Masterson.

4. 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) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Washington, DC.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?

2. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

3. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?

4. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?

5. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

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