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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 what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1919.

2. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?
(a) Chauncey Depew.
(b) John Blagden.
(c) Henry Piddington.
(d) William Dampier.

3. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?
(a) Matthew Cline.
(b) Robert Cline.
(c) William Cline.
(d) Joseph Cline.

4. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
(a) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(b) Chauncey Depew.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?

3. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?

4. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

5. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?

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