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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. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?
(a) 1 foot.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 10 inches.
(d) 3 feet.

2. Isaac privately wished he would have brought his family __________ for their safety during the storm.
(a) To his office.
(b) Dallas.
(c) St. Mary's Orphanage.
(d) The Bolivar Lighthouse.

3. Isaac was bothered the most by Willis Moore's statement in the letter that Galveston had received warnings and that Isaac's office had ordered _______________.
(a) Hurricane warning flags.
(b) No evacuation.
(c) A full evacuation.
(d) Building walls of sandbags.

4. There was great concern that ________ would have a mental breakdown after his wife's body was found.
(a) Judson Palmer.
(b) Bat Masterson.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Henry Howgate.

5. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) Dr. Young.
(b) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(c) A. V. Kellogg.
(d) Colonel William Sterett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?

2. The building which housed the Galveston weather station was how many stories high?

3. Where did a train from Houston to Galveston become stalled?

4. What writer for the Dallas News took a train from Houston to Galveston?

5. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Isaac and his family find themselves after the passing of the storm? How is the setting described?

2. How does the author describe the events at Ritter's Cafe?

3. What lists appeared in the Galveston News following the storm? How are they described?

4. 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?

5. What was Louise Hopkins doing as the flooding began in Galveston? Where did she go?

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

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

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

9. Who was at fault for the inaccurate forecasting by the US Weather Bureau?

10. How does the author describe Rabbi Cohen's experiences of the storm?

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