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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(b) Cora Sue Smith.
(c) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(d) Cora May Ballew.

2. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

3. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?
(a) 17.9.
(b) 4.2.
(c) 12.6.
(d) 8.7.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?

3. 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?

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

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

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