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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 begin?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1892.

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

3. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?
(a) Dean Bruner.
(b) Dean Williams.
(c) Dean Frank.
(d) Dean Jones.

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

5. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?
(a) Stratosphere.
(b) Thermosphere.
(c) Troposphere.
(d) Mesosphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?

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

5. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.

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