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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many passengers on the Beaumont, Texas, train died when the storm surged and derailed the train?
(a) 85.
(b) 62.
(c) 77.
(d) 105.

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

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

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

6. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

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

8. It is estimated that wind gusts hit how many miles per hour during the hurricane in Galveston in 1900?
(a) 176..
(b) 185.
(c) 162.
(d) 200.

9. 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) 25.
(b) 17.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

10. By evening, Judson Palmer estimated that the water in his yard was how deep?
(a) 11 feet.
(b) 7 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 4 feet.

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

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

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

14. "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) General Hazen.
(b) Chief Moore.
(c) Captain Simmons.
(d) Colonel Sterett.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.

2. The wind was measured at what speed from the Galveston weather station in Part IV: Cataclysm?

3. It was estimated that at the height of the storm, the barometric pressure fell to __________.

4. Bodies continued to emerge from the wreckage at an average of how many per day?

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

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