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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?
(a) January 22, 1894.
(b) September 7, 1900.
(c) March 1, 1911.
(d) May 16, 1898.

3. On September 4, 1900 what knocked out the city of Galveston's power and threw all the government buildings into darkness?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) Lightning.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A dust storm.

4. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?
(a) "D."
(b) "M."
(c) "R."
(d) "X."

5. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) October 11, 1887.
(b) July 6, 1882.
(c) July 25, 1885.
(d) April 2, 1894.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

2. How many passengers on the Beaumont, Texas, train died when the storm surged and derailed the train?

3. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?

4. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?

5. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?

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