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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. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?
(a) 4.2.
(b) 8.7.
(c) 17.9.
(d) 12.6.

2. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1938.

3. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.
(a) Morocco.
(b) Niger.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Cameroon.

4. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.
(a) Seattle.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) San Francisco.

5. 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 aunt.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?

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?

4. "The Pensacola" drifted throughout Saturday and Sunday before who ordered the engines to be restarted and headed to Galveston in Part V: Strange News?

5. Isaac visited the Levy Building and looked out over the vista where he could see that the spot that ____________ had once stood was now just all white beach.

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