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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. As Captain Halsey continued on his journey in Part II: the Serpent's Coil, he estimated the wind at what speed when he had probably neared the heart of the storm?
(a) 225 mph.
(b) 100 mph.
(c) 165 mph.
(d) 80 mph.

2. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(b) Niger.
(c) Hispaniola.
(d) Cameroon.

3. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 550 miles.
(c) 475 miles.
(d) 800 miles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?

2. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?

3. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?

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

5. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?

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