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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. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Headwind.
(b) Pushwind.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Tailwind.

2. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 25.

3. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 1 foot.
(c) 10 inches.
(d) 5 feet.

4. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Spain.
(d) Hawaii.

5. The train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?
(a) Lone Star Ridge.
(b) The Amarillo causeway.
(c) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(d) The Texas panhandle.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is estimated that wind gusts hit how many miles per hour during the hurricane in Galveston in 1900?

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.

3. What daughter of Ruby Credo's was severely injured when a piece of wood was driven through her arm?

4. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.

5. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

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