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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Cuban forecasters indicated that they had correctly predicted that the storm would not __________.
(a) Dissipate near Chicago.
(b) Travel up the Atlantic coast.
(c) Hit the Rocky Mountains.
(d) Head southwest.

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

5. At one point the water rushed in Dr. Young's second story window which was how many feet above the street?
(a) 24.
(b) 28.
(c) 17.
(d) 33.

6. What daughter of Ruby Credo's was severely injured when a piece of wood was driven through her arm?
(a) Pamela.
(b) Paula.
(c) Polly.
(d) Pearl.

7. The manager of the phone company was finally able to get Joseph Cline in touch with whom?
(a) St. Mary's Orphanage.
(b) The Houston Post.
(c) A Western Union station.
(d) The Giles Mercantile Agency.

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

9. Isaac was bothered the most by Willis Moore's statement in the letter that Galveston had received warnings and that Isaac's office had ordered _______________.
(a) Building walls of sandbags.
(b) No evacuation.
(c) A full evacuation.
(d) Hurricane warning flags.

10. After the storm, there were so many dead that the city resolved to do what with the corpses?
(a) Transport the bodies to Louisiana.
(b) Hire workers from out of state to bury them.
(c) Create a mass grave.
(d) Bury them at sea.

11. 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.

12. 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 Lithburg.
(b) Henry Cohen.
(c) Matthew Cohen.
(d) Rodney Maher.

13. 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) 2 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 3 blocks.

14. 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) Had it enlarged and wore it.
(c) Sold it to a jeweler.
(d) Gave it to another woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?

2. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings made it home last, with water up to his underarms?

3. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was at what location?

4. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?

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

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