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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 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) Ernest Zebrowski.
(b) Bat Masterson.
(c) Joe Amando.
(d) Henry Piddington.

2. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Cancun, Mexico.
(d) Havanna, Cuba.

3. The building which housed the Galveston weather station was how many stories high?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. The manager of the phone company was finally able to get Joseph Cline in touch with whom?
(a) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(b) The Houston Post.
(c) St. Mary's Orphanage.
(d) A Western Union station.

5. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's daughter?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mary.
(d) Stephanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?

2. What refers to a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror?

3. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?

4. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?

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

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