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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. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?

2. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?

3. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?

4. According to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms, the first official notation of the storm was made by a Captain in his log on what date?

5. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the predictions by the US Weather Bureau for the storm when it hit Florida?

2. How does the author describe Joseph Cline's weather observations on September 6, 1900?

3. What concerned Isaac about the weather on the night of September 7, 1900?

4. What conditions made the storm that hit Galveston form and grow?

5. What geographical and social elements set up the city of Galveston for major casualties in the event of a hurricane in 1900?

6. 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?

7. How were the Midwest and Gulf of Mexico affected by the heat wave described in Part I: The Law of Storms?

8. How does the author describe the Rollfings? When did they marry?

9. What did the weather readings tell Isaac Cline on the morning of September 8, 1900? How did Isaac feel about the situation?

10. Where did the storm that hit Galveston begin forming? What were atmospheric pressure conditions like in the US at this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meteorological discoveries of Thomas Jefferson, the Byzantine Empire, Aristotle and the Greeks, and Galileo. Of what importance were these men's discoveries to Isaac Cline? How had history developed a fascination for the weather in Isaac? In what ways did Isaac as a "scientist" relate to these historical figures?

Essay Topic 2

Define the August wave, and discuss the atmospheric conditions which took place leading up to the hurricane of 1900. How did the August wave help to strengthen the storm? How does the butterfly effect apply to the hurricane of 1900?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Rabbi Henry Cohen and the devastation of Ritter's Café in the narrative. How many individuals died in the collapse of Ritter's Café? What information does the author relate of these people? How did panic begin to spread in the city? What did the citizens do?

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