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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Isaac see sitting on every available object when he reached home?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Marmots.
(c) Bees.
(d) Birds.

2. The invention of the __________ was key to the development and effectiveness of the Weather Bureau allowing for the rapid transmission of weather forecasts from city to city.
(a) Train.
(b) Automobile.
(c) Camera.
(d) Telegraph.

3. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 4:30 a.m.
(c) 2:15 p.m.
(d) 7:45 p.m.

4. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1919.

5. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?
(a) 57 degrees.
(b) 92 degrees.
(c) 71 degrees.
(d) 80 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?

2. It was estimated that at the height of the storm, the barometric pressure fell to __________.

3. How many of the passengers on the train from Beaumont, Texas, departed and headed to a lighthouse they saw in the distance when the train was trapped?

4. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?

5. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

(see the answer key)

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