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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. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.
(a) The Texas panhandle.
(b) The Rio Grande.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Galveston Island.

2. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Cuba.
(b) Niger.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Cameroon.

3. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?
(a) An offspur of the Florida storm.
(b) A moderate hail event.
(c) A twenty-year storm.
(d) An average rainstorm.

4. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Stormology.
(d) Ecology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?

2. 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?

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

4. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

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

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