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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. There was great concern that ________ would have a mental breakdown after his wife's body was found.
(a) Judson Palmer.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Edmund Halley.

2. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?
(a) Robert Cline.
(b) Joseph Cline.
(c) William Cline.
(d) Matthew Cline.

3. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) J. W. Simmons.
(b) T. P. Halsey.
(c) William Sterett.
(d) William B. Hazen.

4. Galveston was the victim of two storm surges, one from the Gulf and one from ____________.
(a) Mexico.
(b) The dunes.
(c) The reef.
(d) The bay.

5. 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) 2,500.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 300.
(d) 1,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?

2. What humanitarian arrived to help and sent a message that the situation had not been exaggerated?

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

4. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?

5. When Isaac returned to work the week after the storm, the instruments in his office were still out, and he was forced to communicate by what means to the Houston station?

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