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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 were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?
(a) Matthew and Harriet Cline.
(b) Jacob and Mary Cline.
(c) Bradley and Susan Cline.
(d) Thomas and Betsy Cline.

2. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Buffalo Bill Cody.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Henry Piddington.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

3. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Anchorage, Alaska.
(b) Abilene, Texas.
(c) Albany, New York.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

4. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?
(a) "The Virginia."
(b) "The Colorado."
(c) "The Louisiana."
(d) "The California."

5. According to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms, the first official notation of the storm was made by a Captain in his log on what date?
(a) July 4, 1899.
(b) June 18, 1901.
(c) August 27, 1900.
(d) September 20, 1902.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?

3. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?

4. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

5. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?

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