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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the passengers on the train from Beaumont, Texas, departed and headed to a lighthouse they saw in the distance when the train was trapped?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

2. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?
(a) Fans.
(b) Stilts.
(c) Floats.
(d) Pumps.

3. Who was a new employee at the Galveston weather station that found himself alone in the office?
(a) John Blagden.
(b) William B. Stockman.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Captain J. W. Simmons.

4. The wind was measured at what speed from the Galveston weather station in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 95 mph.
(b) 160 mph.
(c) 110 mph.
(d) 135 mph.

5. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?
(a) "Cadaver Collectors."
(b) "Dead Gangs."
(c) "Corpse Wranglers."
(d) "Body Bandits."

6. The passengers of the Beaumont, Texas, train who survived took refuge at what location?
(a) A church.
(b) The Cowboy Saloon.
(c) The Bolivar Lighthouse.
(d) A barber shop.

7. By evening, Judson Palmer estimated that the water in his yard was how deep?
(a) 4 feet.
(b) 2 feet.
(c) 11 feet.
(d) 7 feet.

8. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Emily Anniston.
(b) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(c) Anna Delz.
(d) Harriet Jacobs.

9. Where did a train from Houston to Galveston become stalled?
(a) Texas City, Texas.
(b) Roswell, New Mexico.
(c) Austin, Texas.
(d) Tulsa, Oklahoma.

10. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?
(a) 10 blocks.
(b) 3 blocks.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

11. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 8.
(b) 34.
(c) 17.
(d) 23.

12. Louise Hopkins was playing with which friend in the yard when they began to see debris and water rushing down the streets?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Martha.
(d) Jennifer.

13. The storm's track hit Galveston at a 90 degree angle with its eye passing how many miles west of the city?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 65.
(d) 15.

14. Joseph attempted to phone to Washington, but the telephone operator wouldn't put him through because there were how many people ahead of him waiting to place calls?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 300.
(d) 4,000.

15. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?
(a) Had it enlarged and wore it.
(b) Tucked it away in a drawer.
(c) Sold it to a jeweler.
(d) Gave it to another woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?

2. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?

3. It is estimated that wind gusts hit how many miles per hour during the hurricane in Galveston in 1900?

4. In Part IV: Cataclysm, a telegram was sent from the weather station where to the Chief of the US Weather Bureau in Washington, DC, informing him that they had lost all contact with the Galveston office?

5. The train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?

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