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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: the Serpent's Coil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Captain Halsey continued on his journey in Part II: the Serpent's Coil, he estimated the wind at what speed when he had probably neared the heart of the storm?
(a) 165 mph.
(b) 100 mph.
(c) 225 mph.
(d) 80 mph.

2. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.
(a) The Texas panhandle.
(b) Dallas.
(c) The Rio Grande.
(d) Galveston Island.

3. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) William Dampier.

4. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.
(a) A blizzard.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A cyclone.
(d) A tsunami.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?

3. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?

4. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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

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