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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 did Isaac see sitting on every available object when he reached home?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Bees.
(c) Birds.
(d) Marmots.

2. Who was a new employee at the Galveston weather station that found himself alone in the office?
(a) William B. Stockman.
(b) Captain J. W. Simmons.
(c) John Blagden.
(d) Bat Masterson.

3. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 23.
(b) 34.
(c) 17.
(d) 8.

4. "The Pensacola" drifted throughout Saturday and Sunday before who ordered the engines to be restarted and headed to Galveston in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Colonel Sterett.
(b) Chief Moore.
(c) General Hazen.
(d) Captain Simmons.

5. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.
(a) Inflate prices.
(b) Sell expired goods.
(c) Charge tax.
(d) Be open on Sundays.

Short Answer Questions

1. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?

2. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?

3. In search for his wife, Isaac visited the hospital which withstood the storm and then on to a temporary morgue where how many bodies had been delivered?

4. What were dispatched around town collecting bodies?

5. It is estimated that wind gusts hit how many miles per hour during the hurricane in Galveston in 1900?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Colonel William Sterett? Why was he traveling to Galveston?

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

4. What happened following the attempts by Galveston to bury the dead at sea?

5. What did Isaac Cline find when he visited his office? How is this setting described?

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

7. What did Isaac and Joseph Cline argue about as the storm hit?

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

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

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

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