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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Transport the bodies to Louisiana.
(c) Bury them at sea.
(d) Create a mass grave.

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

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

4. What refers to a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror?
(a) Thermograph.
(b) Heliograph.
(c) Barometer.
(d) Clinometer.

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

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

7. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?
(a) Fans.
(b) Stilts.
(c) Floats.
(d) Pumps.

8. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings arrived home first?
(a) Mark.
(b) Robert.
(c) John.
(d) Barry.

9. There was great concern that ________ would have a mental breakdown after his wife's body was found.
(a) Judson Palmer.
(b) Edmund Halley.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Henry Howgate.

10. 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) The West End.
(c) Dallas.
(d) The North End.

11. 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) 1,200.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 300.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers on the Beaumont, Texas, train died when the storm surged and derailed the train?

2. After the storm, Isaac Cline claimed to have saved over how many people, according to the author in Part III: Spectacle?

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

4. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

5. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?

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