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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?
(a) William Cline.
(b) Matthew Cline.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) Robert Cline.

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

4. In what year did Louisa Rollfing marry her husband?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1885.

5. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1899.

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

7. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Buffalo Bill Cody.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

8. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) John Blagden.

9. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?
(a) 80 degrees.
(b) 57 degrees.
(c) 92 degrees.
(d) 71 degrees.

10. 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 Roma.
(c) The Queen Mary III.
(d) Englands Majesty.

11. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
(a) 2:15 p.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 7:45 p.m.
(d) 4:30 a.m.

12. What college did Isaac Cline attend?
(a) Menominee College.
(b) Savannah College.
(c) Hiwassee College.
(d) Tulane College.

13. Who was assigned as a new bureau forecast official for Havana?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) William B. Stockman.
(c) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(d) Ernest Zebrowski.

14. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?
(a) Forest.
(b) August.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Glenn.

15. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) Evangelista Torricelli.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Ernest Zebrowski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?

2. Where was Isaac Cline born?

3. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?

4. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?

5. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?

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