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

2. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) William Sterett.
(b) William B. Hazen.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) T. P. Halsey.

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?
(a) Willis Moore.
(b) Ruby Credo.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) William Redfield.

4. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1527.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?

3. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?

4. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.

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

(see the answer key)

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