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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 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) Henry Piddington.
(c) Joe Amando.
(d) Bat Masterson.

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

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

4. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) William B. Hazen.
(b) T. P. Halsey.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) William Sterett.

5. 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) Joseph Cline.
(b) William Cline.
(c) Robert Cline.
(d) Matthew Cline.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?

3. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.

4. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?

5. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

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