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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many hours did Dr. Young stay on his raft until he was rescued in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 2.
(b) 17.
(c) 38.
(d) 8.

2. 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) March 20, 1903.
(c) September 5, 1902.
(d) December 31, 1900.

3. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?
(a) The Murray Building.
(b) The Edwards Building.
(c) The Levy Building.
(d) The Thomas Building.

4. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was at what location?
(a) 28th and P Streets.
(b) 34th and B Strrets.
(c) 61st and M Streets.
(d) 5th and H Streets.

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

6. Isaac Cline's house capsized after being hit by what object?
(a) A locomotive.
(b) A boat.
(c) A barge.
(d) A train trestle.

7. August Rollfing hired a driver and buggy with orders to pick up his wife and children and take them to his mother's house where in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) Austin.
(b) Dallas.
(c) The West End.
(d) The North End.

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

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 Houston Post.
(b) St. Mary's Orphanage.
(c) The Bolivar Lighthouse.
(d) The Giles Mercantile Agency.

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

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

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

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

15. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?
(a) Neck deep.
(b) Eight inches.
(c) Two feet.
(d) Chest deep.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. 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?

4. Who was a new employee at the Galveston weather station that found himself alone in the office?

5. Galveston was the victim of two storm surges, one from the Gulf and one from ____________.

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