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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. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?
(a) "The Louisiana."
(b) "The Colorado."
(c) "The Virginia."
(d) "The California."

2. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1906.

3. 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) Denver.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) San Francisco.

4. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) The King Charles II.
(b) The Queen Mary III.
(c) The Roma.
(d) Englands Majesty.

5. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(b) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(c) Cora May Ballew.
(d) Cora Sue Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?

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

3. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?

4. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

5. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?

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