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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The seawall that was built to protect Galveston from future hurricanes was how many miles long?
(a) 24.
(b) 10.
(c) 29.
(d) 16.

2. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?
(a) 475 miles.
(b) 550 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

3. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.
(a) August breeze.
(b) August wave.
(c) July dream.
(d) July rollercoaster.

4. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 10 inches.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 1 foot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's daughter?

2. Bodies continued to emerge from the wreckage at an average of how many per day?

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

4. 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?

5. Whose controlling nature had resulted in a schism between Cuban and US meteorologists?

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