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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(b) Dr. Young.
(c) Colonel William Sterett.
(d) A. V. Kellogg.

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

5. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?
(a) The Clarks.
(b) The Matthews.
(c) The Youens.
(d) The Robertsons.

6. 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) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 110.
(d) 170.

7. When Isaac returned to work the week after the storm, the instruments in his office were still out, and he was forced to communicate by what means to the Houston station?
(a) Messanger pigeon.
(b) Boat.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Train.

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

9. By what date does the author write that the streets of Galveston were cleaned, there were no pyres, the decomposition odor had lifted and new construction was everywhere?
(a) September 5, 1902.
(b) December 31, 1900.
(c) January 19, 1904.
(d) March 20, 1903.

10. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Cora Cline.
(b) Laura Cline.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) Isaac Cline.

11. The building which housed the Galveston weather station was how many stories high?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

12. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?
(a) North.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) South.

13. The train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?
(a) The Texas panhandle.
(b) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(c) The Amarillo causeway.
(d) Lone Star Ridge.

14. 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) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(b) Emily Anniston.
(c) Anna Delz.
(d) Harriet Jacobs.

15. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Matthew Cohen.
(b) Matthew Lithburg.
(c) Rodney Maher.
(d) Henry Cohen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

2. Where was Dr. Sam Young's located?

3. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?

4. How many passengers on the Beaumont, Texas, train died when the storm surged and derailed the train?

5. Where was the letter that Willis Moore wrote defending the forecasting conducted by the Weather Bureau published?

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