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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Nonlinear dynamics.
(c) Tailwind.
(d) Headwind.

2. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?
(a) William Dampier.
(b) J. W. Simmons.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) Henry Howgate.

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

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

5. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?
(a) The University of Virginia.
(b) The University of Montana.
(c) The University of Alaska.
(d) The University of Arkansas.

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

7. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?
(a) September 7, 1900.
(b) January 22, 1894.
(c) May 16, 1898.
(d) March 1, 1911.

8. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Ecology.
(b) Stormology.
(c) Climatology.
(d) Biology.

9. 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) 80 mph.
(d) 225 mph.

10. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1892.

11. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Romans.

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

13. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) The Queen Mary III.
(b) Englands Majesty.
(c) The King Charles II.
(d) The Roma.

14. Where was Louisa Rollfing originally from?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

15. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?
(a) September, 1899.
(b) July, 1904.
(c) June, 1897.
(d) August, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?

2. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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

4. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?

5. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?

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