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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?
(a) Mesosphere.
(b) Thermosphere.
(c) Troposphere.
(d) Stratosphere.

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

4. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1912.

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

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

7. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Matthew Fontaine Maury.

8. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?
(a) Dean Bruner.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) Edmund Halley.

9. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(b) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(c) Cora May Ballew.
(d) Cora Sue Smith.

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

11. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) 1654.
(b) 1527.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1583.

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

13. 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) Willis Moore.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) Ruby Credo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

2. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?

3. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?

4. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.

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

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