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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. Who was eight months pregnant and saw her house collapse on her husband and three-year-old son?
(a) Mrs. Englund.
(b) Mrs. Grimes.
(c) Mrs. Thompson.
(d) Mrs. Heideman.

2. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

3. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Henry Cohen.
(b) Matthew Lithburg.
(c) Rodney Maher.
(d) Matthew Cohen.

4. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 3 blocks.
(c) 10 blocks.
(d) 2 miles.

5. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) John Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?

3. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?

4. As Captain Halsey continued on his journey in Part II: the Serpent's Coil, he estimated the wind at what speed when he had probably neared the heart of the storm?

5. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?

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