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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. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was at what location?
(a) 34th and B Strrets.
(b) 28th and P Streets.
(c) 61st and M Streets.
(d) 5th and H Streets.

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

3. What was the name of the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps who was arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Willis Moore.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) Ruby Credo.

4. Joseph attempted to phone to Washington, but the telephone operator wouldn't put him through because there were how many people ahead of him waiting to place calls?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 300.
(d) 2,500.

5. Where was Isaac Cline born?
(a) Gardinerville, Montana.
(b) Madisonville, Tennessee.
(c) Mariposa, California.
(d) Phoenix, Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?

2. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?

3. At one point the water rushed in Dr. Young's second story window which was how many feet above the street?

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

5. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?

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