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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. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?
(a) 12.
(b) 25.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

2. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's daughter?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Helen.

3. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Tailwind.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Headwind.

4. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Chauncey Depew.
(b) Ernest Zebrowski.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Evangelista Torricelli.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?

3. What was the name of the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps who was arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

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

5. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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