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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
2. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
3. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?
4. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
5. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was Isaac Cline sent to work in 1891? How was his work there perceived by his superiors? How did Isaac perceive his work?
2. What invention was key to the development of the Weather Bureau according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms? How was Isaac Cline affected by the invention?
3. What had led to the schism between Cuban and US meteorologists?
4. What had Isaac Cline considered as a profession before going into weather?
5. According to the author, for what reason do some tropical disturbances cross the Atlantic, but others do not?
6. How did Isaac Cline recall his childhood in Part I: The Law of Storms? Where did he grow up?
7. How does the author describe the Rollfings? When did they marry?
8. What geographical and social elements set up the city of Galveston for major casualties in the event of a hurricane in 1900?
9. What associations did Isaac Cline have with the medical profession? How did this correlate to meteorology?
10. When did the storm that hit Galveston enter the Caribbean, according to the author in Part II: the Serpent's Coil? What conditions led it to grow there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the geography of Galveston in 1900. What elements of the topography led Galveston to be particularly vulnerable in the event of a hurricane? How was the city's infrastructure developed? How is it different today?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the scandal of Henry Howgate and its impact on the US Signal Corps. How was the reputation of the Corps affected upon Isaac Cline's arrival? What did Isaac know about this history? How did Howgate escape the authorities and where did he go?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the heat wave of 1900. When did the heat wave begin? What regions of the United States were affected? How many died in the heat wave? How did the heat wave in the US contribute to conditions that led to the hurricane?
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