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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) The King Charles II.
(b) The Roma.
(c) Englands Majesty.
(d) The Queen Mary III.

2. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?
(a) 22.
(b) 58.
(c) 6.
(d) 95.

3. It is estimated that wind gusts hit how many miles per hour during the hurricane in Galveston in 1900?
(a) 176..
(b) 162.
(c) 200.
(d) 185.

4. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.
(a) Seattle.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

5. 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) 80 mph.
(b) 100 mph.
(c) 225 mph.
(d) 165 mph.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

2. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?

3. Who was eight months pregnant and saw her house collapse on her husband and three-year-old son?

4. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?

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

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