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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 was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?
(a) Robert Cline.
(b) Matthew Cline.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) William Cline.

2. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?
(a) Nonlinear dynamics.
(b) Headwind.
(c) Pushwind.
(d) Tailwind.

3. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?
(a) 14.
(b) 65.
(c) 30.
(d) 147.

4. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A cyclone.

5. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?
(a) Cancun, Mexico.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Havanna, Cuba.
(d) Key West, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?

3. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?

4. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?

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

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