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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) 1899.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1919.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?

3. Where was Isaac Cline born?

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?

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

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