View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.
(a) Seattle.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

2. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?
(a) Dean Jones.
(b) Dean Bruner.
(c) Dean Frank.
(d) Dean Williams.

3. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 4,500.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 2,500.

4. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Tobacco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?

2. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.

3. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?

4. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac sent a telegram to the Central Office where advising them that the water was high and there were opposing winds?

5. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What did the weather readings tell Isaac Cline on the morning of September 8, 1900? How did Isaac feel about the situation?

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

5. How does the author describe the weather events in Galveston on September 4, 1900? What did Isaac Cline note about the weather?

6. Whom did Isaac Cline contact on the morning of September 8, 1900? Why?

7. How does the author describe the Rollfings? When did they marry?

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

9. How does the author describe the "August wave" in Part I: The Law of Storms?

10. How did the actions of the Weather Bureau affect sea captains such as T.P. Halsey?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 982 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample