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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Joseph attempted to phone to Washington, but the telephone operator wouldn't put him through because there were how many people ahead of him waiting to place calls?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 300.

3. 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) 110.
(b) 170.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

4. What humanitarian arrived to help and sent a message that the situation had not been exaggerated?
(a) Clara Barton.
(b) Henry Piddington.
(c) Anna Delz.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

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

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

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

8. What writer for the Dallas News took a train from Houston to Galveston?
(a) Captain J. W. Simmons.
(b) General William B. Hazen.
(c) Chief Willis Moore.
(d) Colonel William Sterett.

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

10. 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) 4.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

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

12. 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) 2 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 10 blocks.
(d) 3 blocks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror?

2. Who was the engineer of the Galveston-Houston train that became trapped in Part III: Spectacle?

3. By evening, Judson Palmer estimated that the water in his yard was how deep?

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

5. In Part IV: Cataclysm, a telegram was sent from the weather station where to the Chief of the US Weather Bureau in Washington, DC, informing him that they had lost all contact with the Galveston office?

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