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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.
(a) The Rio Grande.
(b) Galveston Island.
(c) Dallas.
(d) The Texas panhandle.

2. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 800 miles.
(c) 475 miles.
(d) 550 miles.

3. What college did Isaac Cline attend?
(a) Tulane College.
(b) Hiwassee College.
(c) Menominee College.
(d) Savannah College.

4. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
(a) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(b) Chauncey Depew.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Henry Howgate.

5. Where was Isaac Cline born?
(a) Mariposa, California.
(b) Madisonville, Tennessee.
(c) Phoenix, Oregon.
(d) Gardinerville, Montana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?

2. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.

3. The invention of the __________ was key to the development and effectiveness of the Weather Bureau allowing for the rapid transmission of weather forecasts from city to city.

4. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?

5. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Isaac Cline sent to work in 1891? How was his work there perceived by his superiors? How did Isaac perceive his work?

2. What associations did Isaac Cline have with the medical profession? How did this correlate to meteorology?

3. What had Isaac Cline considered as a profession before going into weather?

4. What recent scandal was Isaac Cline unaware of within the Signal Corps when he entered training in Part I: The Law of Storms?

5. When did the storm that hit Galveston enter the Caribbean, according to the author in Part II: the Serpent's Coil? What conditions led it to grow there?

6. How does the author introduce Isaac Cline in Introduction: The Beach? What led to Cline's training at the US Signal Corps?

7. What concerned Isaac about the weather on the night of September 7, 1900?

8. Who was assigned as bureau forecast official in Cuba? How was this meteorologist described by the author?

9. What geographical and social elements set up the city of Galveston for major casualties in the event of a hurricane in 1900?

10. What invention was key to the development of the Weather Bureau according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms? How was Isaac Cline affected by the invention?

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