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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. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?
2. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?
3. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
4. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
5. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. According to the author, for what reason do some tropical disturbances cross the Atlantic, but others do not?
3. How does the author introduce Isaac Cline in Introduction: The Beach? What led to Cline's training at the US Signal Corps?
4. Where was Isaac Cline sent to work in 1891? How was his work there perceived by his superiors? How did Isaac perceive his work?
5. How does the author describe the summer of 1900 in terms of weather in Introduction: The Beach? How is the setting of Galveston described during this time period?
6. How does the author describe the Rollfings? When did they marry?
7. How did the actions of the Weather Bureau affect sea captains such as T.P. Halsey?
8. What experiences with hurricanes did Christopher Columbus encounter, according to the author?
9. What conditions made the storm that hit Galveston form and grow?
10. Who was assigned as bureau forecast official in Cuba? How was this meteorologist described by the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the history of the US Weather Bureau and Isaac Cline's work within the Bureau. How long had Cline been in Galveston by 1900? Where had Cline studied meteorology? Where were his assignments prior to Galveston? How was Cline perceived by his superiors?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe one element of foreshadowing in the first section of the book and analyze it. What is the author's purpose in using foreshadowing here? How does the foreshadowing impact the reader? Why does the author choose to introduce Captain Simmons in the first section?
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