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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. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Cuba.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Niger.

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

3. 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.
(a) Seattle.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

4. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1938.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?

2. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?

3. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?

4. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

5. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.

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