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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. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1938.
2. The ship "The Louisiana" sailed from what location to Galveston during the hurricane of 1900?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(b) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(c) Gulfport, Mississippi.
(d) Port Arthur, Louisiana.
3. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) July 6, 1882.
(b) July 25, 1885.
(c) April 2, 1894.
(d) October 11, 1887.
4. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1892.
5. Chief Stockman was irritated that the Cuban forecasters had referred to the storm as _____________.
(a) A cyclone.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A tornado.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?
2. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?
3. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?
4. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?
5. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the plight of Captain J.W. Simmons? Where was Simmons located?
2. What associations did Isaac Cline have with the medical profession? How did this correlate to meteorology?
3. Who was assigned as bureau forecast official in Cuba? How was this meteorologist described by the author?
4. Where was Isaac Cline sent to work in 1891? How was his work there perceived by his superiors? How did Isaac perceive his work?
5. How does the author describe the "August wave" in Part I: The Law of Storms?
6. How did Isaac Cline recall his childhood in Part I: The Law of Storms? Where did he grow up?
7. Where did the storm that hit Galveston begin forming? What were atmospheric pressure conditions like in the US at this time?
8. What experiences with hurricanes did Christopher Columbus encounter, according to the author?
9. How does the author describe the Rollfings? When did they marry?
10. According to the author, for what reason do some tropical disturbances cross the Atlantic, but others do not?
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