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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 Cline's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.

2. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?
(a) Pumps.
(b) Stilts.
(c) Floats.
(d) Fans.

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

4. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?
(a) "Corpse Wranglers."
(b) "Dead Gangs."
(c) "Cadaver Collectors."
(d) "Body Bandits."

5. When a train from Houston to Galveston became stalled, a team of men buried how many corpses found during the afternoon?
(a) 9.
(b) 22.
(c) 58.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part IV: Cataclysm, a telegram was sent from the weather station where to the Chief of the US Weather Bureau in Washington, DC, informing him that they had lost all contact with the Galveston office?

2. Isaac visited the Levy Building and looked out over the vista where he could see that the spot that ____________ had once stood was now just all white beach.

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

4. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

5. For how many hours did Dr. Young stay on his raft until he was rescued in Part IV: Cataclysm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the setting like when Colonel William Sterett's train became stalled? What did the passengers do?

8. How is the setting of Judson Palmer's home described? Who took refuge there?

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

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

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