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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point the water rushed in Dr. Young's second story window which was how many feet above the street?
(a) 24.
(b) 33.
(c) 17.
(d) 28.

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

3. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(b) Cora May Ballew.
(c) Cora Sue Smith.
(d) Cora Betsy Huffington.

4. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?
(a) Joe Amando.
(b) Chauncey Depew.
(c) Ernest Zebrowski.
(d) Henry Piddington.

5. Where was Louisa Rollfing originally from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?

2. The wind was measured at what speed from the Galveston weather station in Part IV: Cataclysm?

3. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?

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

5. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?

(see the answer key)

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