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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Cataclysm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

2. The building which housed the Galveston weather station was how many stories high?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Cora Cline.
(b) Laura Cline.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) Isaac Cline.

4. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.
(a) Niger.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Cameroon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?

2. Dr. Young watched from the second floor of his house with fascination as the water rushed down the streets not knowing that ____________ were floating in it.

3. After the storm, Isaac Cline claimed to have saved over how many people, according to the author in Part III: Spectacle?

4. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

5. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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