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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) 61st and M Streets.
(b) 28th and P Streets.
(c) 5th and H Streets.
(d) 34th and B Strrets.

2. Dr. Young watched from the second floor of his house with fascination as the water rushed down the streets not knowing that ____________ were floating in it.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Corpses.

3. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?
(a) Incite violence.
(b) Start fires.
(c) Take cover.
(d) Call refugees.

4. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Bat Masterson.
(b) Ernest Zebrowski.
(c) Joe Amando.
(d) Henry Piddington.

5. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?

2. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?

3. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?

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

5. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?

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