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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1899.

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

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

4. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?
(a) The Smithwick Textile Corporation.
(b) The Bolivar Lighthouse Association.
(c) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(d) Jameson's Shoe Company.

5. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Niger.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Morocco.

6. On September 4, 1900 what knocked out the city of Galveston's power and threw all the government buildings into darkness?
(a) A dust storm.
(b) Lightning.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tornado.

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

8. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) George Washington.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

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

11. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?
(a) August 31, 1900.
(b) May12, 1901.
(c) October 1, 1899.
(d) July 18, 1898.

12. The invention of the __________ was key to the development and effectiveness of the Weather Bureau allowing for the rapid transmission of weather forecasts from city to city.
(a) Camera.
(b) Train.
(c) Automobile.
(d) Telegraph.

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

14. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Spain.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Ecuador.

15. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 4,500.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 12,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?

2. Who was assigned as a new bureau forecast official for Havana?

3. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?

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

5. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

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