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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 wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?
(a) Cora Cline.
(b) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) William Redfield.

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

3. Louise Hopkins was playing with which friend in the yard when they began to see debris and water rushing down the streets?
(a) Martha.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Jennifer.

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) Captain Simmons.
(d) General Hazen.

5. The roof was blown off and the second floor of the building collapsed on what cafe, killing half the diners?
(a) The Cowboy Corral.
(b) Bob's Place.
(c) The Lone Star Lounge.
(d) Ritter's Cafe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Joseph attempted to phone to Washington, but the telephone operator wouldn't put him through because there were how many people ahead of him waiting to place calls?

5. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. How does the author describe the experiences of John Blagden when the storm hit? Where was Blagden?

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