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

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) 65.
(b) 30.
(c) 147.
(d) 14.

2. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 17.
(b) 23.
(c) 8.
(d) 34.

3. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?
(a) "The California."
(b) "The Colorado."
(c) "The Virginia."
(d) "The Louisiana."

4. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Albany, New York.
(b) Anchorage, Alaska.
(c) Aurora, Illinois.
(d) Abilene, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?

3. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?

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

5. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?

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