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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was estimated that at the height of the storm, the barometric pressure fell to __________.
(a) 30.19.
(b) 27.49.
(c) 29.44.
(d) 28.72.

2. 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) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 4.
(d) 17.

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

4. Who was the engineer of the Galveston-Houston train that became trapped in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Ernest Zebrowski.
(b) A. V. Kellogg.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) Edmund Halley.

5. Who was eight months pregnant and saw her house collapse on her husband and three-year-old son?
(a) Mrs. Grimes.
(b) Mrs. Thompson.
(c) Mrs. Heideman.
(d) Mrs. Englund.

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

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) Boat.
(b) Messanger pigeon.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Train.

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

9. Galveston was the victim of two storm surges, one from the Gulf and one from ____________.
(a) The bay.
(b) The dunes.
(c) Mexico.
(d) The reef.

10. Isaac visited the Levy Building and looked out over the vista where he could see that the spot that ____________ had once stood was now just all white beach.
(a) The Bolivar Lighthouse.
(b) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(c) The Houston Post.
(d) St. Mary's Orphanage.

11. 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) 170.
(c) 20.
(d) 110.

12. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?
(a) The Cowboy Corral.
(b) The Lone Star Lounge.
(c) Ritter's Cafe.
(d) Bob's Place.

13. After the storm, Anthony Credo learned that he had lost a total of how many family members?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

14. Bodies continued to emerge from the wreckage at an average of how many per day?
(a) 35.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 55.

15. Dr. Young lost his house, but his family was safe in _______________.
(a) Pueblo, Colorado.
(b) Omaha, Nebraska.
(c) Knoxville, Tennessee.
(d) San Antonio, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The storm's track hit Galveston at a 90 degree angle with its eye passing how many miles west of the city?

3. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?

4. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?

5. After the storm, there were so many dead that the city resolved to do what with the corpses?

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