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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?
(a) The Boxer Rebellion.
(b) The Samurai Revolution.
(c) The Bamboo Storm.
(d) The Panda Movement.

3. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) J. W. Simmons.
(b) William B. Hazen.
(c) William Sterett.
(d) T. P. Halsey.

4. Whose controlling nature had resulted in a schism between Cuban and US meteorologists?
(a) Chief Willis Moore's.
(b) Colonel William Sterett.
(c) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(d) Evangelista Torricelli.

5. What was the name of the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps who was arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Ruby Credo.
(d) Willis Moore.

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

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

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

9. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1881.

10. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Edison.
(b) Newton.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Einstein.

11. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?
(a) Dean Frank.
(b) Dean Williams.
(c) Dean Jones.
(d) Dean Bruner.

12. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?
(a) William Dampier.
(b) Henry Piddington.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) John Blagden.

13. 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) Automobile.
(b) Train.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Camera.

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

15. Where was Isaac Cline born?
(a) Mariposa, California.
(b) Madisonville, Tennessee.
(c) Gardinerville, Montana.
(d) Phoenix, Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?

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

4. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?

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

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