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. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?
(a) A piano.
(b) A farm.
(c) A car.
(d) A house.

2. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?
(a) William Dampier.
(b) J. W. Simmons.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) Henry Howgate.

3. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(b) Willis Moore.
(c) Henry Piddington.
(d) Bat Masterson.

4. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1885.

5. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(b) Havanna, Cuba.
(c) Key West, Florida.
(d) Cancun, Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?

3. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?

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

5. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, for what reason do some tropical disturbances cross the Atlantic, but others do not?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What experiences with hurricanes did Christopher Columbus encounter, according to the author?

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

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

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

9. How did Isaac Cline recall his childhood in Part I: The Law of Storms? Where did he grow up?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 944 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample