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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. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Rodney Maher.
(b) Matthew Cohen.
(c) Henry Cohen.
(d) Matthew Lithburg.

2. Where was the letter that Willis Moore wrote defending the forecasting conducted by the Weather Bureau published?
(a) The Denver Post.
(b) The Houston Post.
(c) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(d) The New York Times.

3. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?
(a) The Robertsons.
(b) The Matthews.
(c) The Clarks.
(d) The Youens.

4. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?
(a) Incite violence.
(b) Take cover.
(c) Call refugees.
(d) Start fires.

5. The train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?
(a) The Texas panhandle.
(b) Lone Star Ridge.
(c) The Amarillo causeway.
(d) The Bolivar Peninsula.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac Cline's house capsized after being hit by what object?

2. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?

3. There was great concern that ________ would have a mental breakdown after his wife's body was found.

4. The manager of the phone company was finally able to get Joseph Cline in touch with whom?

5. What did Isaac see sitting on every available object when he reached home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the arrival of the "Pensacola" in Galveston in Part V: Strange News?

2. Describe the losses sustained by the Credo and Palmer families. How many were lost?

3. Where was August Rollfing headed in the beginning of Part IV: Cataclysm? Where was his family?

4. How did the passengers of the Galveston-Houston train escape?

5. What did Isaac Cline note about the waves in the morning of September 8?

6. How was the surge of flooding described in Part IV: Cataclysm? How much did the water rise and in what amount of time?

7. What "hideous things" does the author describe happening across Galveston in Part IV: Cataclysm?

8. How does the author describe the plight of Captain Simmons as he fought the storm?

9. What led to the entrapment of the Galveston-Houston train?

10. What did the Weather Bureau refer to the storm as, despite Isaac's warnings in Part III: Spectacle? Who did Isaac go to warn locally?

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