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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. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1915.

2. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) John Adams.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

4. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) The Queen Mary III.
(b) Englands Majesty.
(c) The King Charles II.
(d) The Roma.

5. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?
(a) 17.9.
(b) 12.6.
(c) 8.7.
(d) 4.2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?

3. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?

4. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

5. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

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