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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

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

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

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

5. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?
(a) 17.9.
(b) 8.7.
(c) 12.6.
(d) 4.2.

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

7. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Chauncey Depew.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) Matthew Fontaine Maury.

8. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.
(a) Dallas.
(b) Galveston Island.
(c) The Texas panhandle.
(d) The Rio Grande.

9. 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) Englands Majesty.
(d) The Queen Mary III.

10. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

11. 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) 225 mph.
(c) 165 mph.
(d) 80 mph.

12. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?
(a) 30.
(b) 65.
(c) 147.
(d) 14.

13. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?
(a) "M."
(b) "X."
(c) "D."
(d) "R."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?

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

3. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

4. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?

5. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.

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