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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaac Cline's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

2. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1882.

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

4. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(b) Havanna, Cuba.
(c) Key West, Florida.
(d) Cancun, Mexico.

5. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?
(a) Thermosphere.
(b) Stratosphere.
(c) Mesosphere.
(d) Troposphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?

2. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?

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

4. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?

5. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

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