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

2. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
(a) 7:45 p.m.
(b) 2:15 p.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

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

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

5. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?
(a) Bradley and Susan Cline.
(b) Thomas and Betsy Cline.
(c) Jacob and Mary Cline.
(d) Matthew and Harriet Cline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.

2. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

3. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?

4. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.

5. The invention of the __________ was key to the development and effectiveness of the Weather Bureau allowing for the rapid transmission of weather forecasts from city to city.

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