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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Haunted.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?
(a) Northwest.
(b) South.
(c) Southwest.
(d) North.

3. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?
(a) A piano.
(b) A house.
(c) A farm.
(d) A car.

4. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Anchorage, Alaska.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Abilene, Texas.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac was bothered the most by Willis Moore's statement in the letter that Galveston had received warnings and that Isaac's office had ordered _______________.

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

3. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?

4. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?

5. By evening, Judson Palmer estimated that the water in his yard was how deep?

(see the answer key)

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