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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. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) St Louis, Missouri.

2. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1941.

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

4. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's daughter?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Helen.

5. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) William Sterett.
(b) J. W. Simmons.
(c) T. P. Halsey.
(d) William B. Hazen.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

2. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?

3. What was the name of the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps who was arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

4. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?

5. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?

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