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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?
(a) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Omaha, Nebraska.
(d) Topeka, Kansas.

3. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.
(a) August breeze.
(b) July dream.
(c) August wave.
(d) July rollercoaster.

4. 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 Giles Mercantile Agency.
(c) The Smithwick Textile Corporation.
(d) The Bolivar Lighthouse Association.

5. Who was assigned as a new bureau forecast official for Havana?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) William B. Stockman.
(d) Ernest Zebrowski.

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

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

8. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) April 2, 1894.
(b) October 11, 1887.
(c) July 6, 1882.
(d) July 25, 1885.

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

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

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 Egyptians.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Byzantines.

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

13. 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) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?

2. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's daughter?

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

4. 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.

5. 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?

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