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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. 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.
(a) Automobile.
(b) Camera.
(c) Train.
(d) Telegraph.

2. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.
(a) Niger.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Morocco.

3. The ship "The Louisiana" sailed from what location to Galveston during the hurricane of 1900?
(a) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Gulfport, Mississippi.
(d) Port Arthur, Louisiana.

4. In what year did Louisa Rollfing marry her husband?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1893.

5. On September 4, 1900 what knocked out the city of Galveston's power and threw all the government buildings into darkness?
(a) A tornado.
(b) Lightning.
(c) A dust storm.
(d) An earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?

2. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?

3. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?

4. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?

5. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the plight of Captain J.W. Simmons? Where was Simmons located?

2. How does the author describe Joseph Cline's weather observations on September 6, 1900?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How were the Midwest and Gulf of Mexico affected by the heat wave described in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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

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