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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the storm, Isaac Cline claimed to have saved over how many people, according to the author in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 2,000.

2. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?
(a) Take cover.
(b) Call refugees.
(c) Incite violence.
(d) Start fires.

3. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
(a) Laura Cline.
(b) Cora Cline.
(c) Isaac Cline.
(d) Joseph Cline.

4. What humanitarian arrived to help and sent a message that the situation had not been exaggerated?
(a) Anna Delz.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Henry Piddington.
(d) Clara Barton.

5. What writer for the Dallas News took a train from Houston to Galveston?
(a) General William B. Hazen.
(b) Captain J. W. Simmons.
(c) Colonel William Sterett.
(d) Chief Willis Moore.

6. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?
(a) 58.
(b) 6.
(c) 95.
(d) 22.

7. In search for his wife, Isaac visited the hospital which withstood the storm and then on to a temporary morgue where how many bodies had been delivered?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 110.
(d) 170.

8. There was great concern that ________ would have a mental breakdown after his wife's body was found.
(a) Judson Palmer.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Bat Masterson.

9. What did Isaac see sitting on every available object when he reached home?
(a) Bees.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Marmots.
(d) Birds.

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

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

12. "The Pensacola" drifted throughout Saturday and Sunday before who ordered the engines to be restarted and headed to Galveston in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Chief Moore.
(b) Captain Simmons.
(c) Colonel Sterett.
(d) General Hazen.

13. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?
(a) The Edwards Building.
(b) The Murray Building.
(c) The Thomas Building.
(d) The Levy Building.

14. 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) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 17.

15. Isaac Cline's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Louise Hopkins was playing with which friend in the yard when they began to see debris and water rushing down the streets?

3. Who was a new employee at the Galveston weather station that found himself alone in the office?

4. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

5. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

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