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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Omaha, Nebraska.
(c) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(d) Topeka, Kansas.

2. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Spain.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Cuba.

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

4. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Beer.

5. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) William Redfield.
(c) Dean Bruner.
(d) Henry Howgate.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?

3. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?

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

5. 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?

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