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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 insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
(a) Joseph Cline.
(b) Laura Cline.
(c) Isaac Cline.
(d) Cora Cline.

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

3. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Stormology.
(d) Ecology.

4. In what year did Louisa Rollfing marry her husband?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1893.

5. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
(a) Springfield, Illinois.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) St Louis, Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?

2. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings arrived home first?

3. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?

4. Louise Hopkins was playing with which friend in the yard when they began to see debris and water rushing down the streets?

5. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?

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