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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. 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) Dogs.
(b) Corpses.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Bacteria.

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

3. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?
(a) The Edwards Building.
(b) The Murray Building.
(c) The Levy Building.
(d) The Thomas Building.

4. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?
(a) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(b) Joseph Cline.
(c) Cora Cline.
(d) William Redfield.

5. Where was the letter that Willis Moore wrote defending the forecasting conducted by the Weather Bureau published?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Houston Post.
(c) The Denver Post.
(d) The San Francisco Chronicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

2. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.

3. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

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

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

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