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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. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A cyclone.

2. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
(a) 4:30 a.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 2:15 p.m.
(d) 7:45 p.m.

3. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?
(a) Jameson's Shoe Company.
(b) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(c) The Bolivar Lighthouse Association.
(d) The Smithwick Textile Corporation.

4. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) William Redfield.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Dean Bruner.

5. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?
(a) 30.
(b) 147.
(c) 65.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What concerned Isaac about the weather on the night of September 7, 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. How did Isaac Cline recall his childhood in Part I: The Law of Storms? Where did he grow up?

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

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

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

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

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