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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. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) Hispaniola.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Niger.
(d) The Bolivar Peninsula.

2. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Headwind.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Tailwind.

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

4. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) April 2, 1894.
(b) October 11, 1887.
(c) July 25, 1885.
(d) July 6, 1882.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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