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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. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Henry Howgate.

2. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?
(a) "R."
(b) "X."
(c) "D."
(d) "M."

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

4. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Edmund Halley.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) John Blagden.

5. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) J. W. Simmons.
(b) T. P. Halsey.
(c) William Sterett.
(d) William B. Hazen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?

2. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

3. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

4. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.

5. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conditions made the storm that hit Galveston form and grow?

2. Where did the storm that hit Galveston begin forming? What were atmospheric pressure conditions like in the US at this time?

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

4. How does the author describe the summer of 1900 in terms of weather in Introduction: The Beach? How is the setting of Galveston described during this time period?

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

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

7. Where and with whom did Isaac Cline live in the year 1900? How is his house described in Introduction: The Beach?

8. 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?

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

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?

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