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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Cora Cline.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) Rabbi Henry Cohen.

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

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

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

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

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) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(d) Anna Delz.

9. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?
(a) An offspur of the Florida storm.
(b) A moderate hail event.
(c) A twenty-year storm.
(d) An average rainstorm.

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

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

12. 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) 170.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 110.

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

14. 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) January 19, 1904.
(b) September 5, 1902.
(c) March 20, 1903.
(d) December 31, 1900.

15. 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) South.
(b) North.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Southwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?

2. The passengers of the Beaumont, Texas, train who survived took refuge at what location?

3. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?

4. Who was eight months pregnant and saw her house collapse on her husband and three-year-old son?

5. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?

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