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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. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?
(a) A piano.
(b) A farm.
(c) A car.
(d) A house.

2. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(b) Cora May Ballew.
(c) Cora Sue Smith.
(d) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.

3. On September 4, 1900 what knocked out the city of Galveston's power and threw all the government buildings into darkness?
(a) A tornado.
(b) Lightning.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A dust storm.

4. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.
(a) Cameroon.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Niger.
(d) Egypt.

5. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 8,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.

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

3. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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