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

2. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Stormology.
(d) Biology.

3. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

4. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?
(a) A. V. Kellogg.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) William B. Stockman.
(d) William Dampier.

5. 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) Bat Masterson.
(d) Henry Piddington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

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

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

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

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

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