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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) William Sterett.
(b) William B. Hazen.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) T. P. Halsey.

2. Isaac Cline was eventually assigned to head which weather station that encompassed Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) Austin.
(d) New Orleans.

3. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?
(a) Park ranger.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Animal trainer.
(d) Dentist.

4. As Captain Halsey continued on his journey in Part II: the Serpent's Coil, he estimated the wind at what speed when he had probably neared the heart of the storm?
(a) 100 mph.
(b) 165 mph.
(c) 225 mph.
(d) 80 mph.

5. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Tailwind.
(c) Headwind.
(d) Nonlinear dynamics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?

3. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?

4. The building which housed the Galveston weather station was how many stories high?

5. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?

(see the answer key)

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