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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

4. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

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

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