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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. For how many hours did Dr. Young stay on his raft until he was rescued in Part IV: Cataclysm?
2. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?
3. "The Pensacola" drifted throughout Saturday and Sunday before who ordered the engines to be restarted and headed to Galveston in Part V: Strange News?
4. The train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?
5. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the arrival of the "Pensacola" in Galveston in Part V: Strange News?
2. What was Louise Hopkins doing as the flooding began in Galveston? Where did she go?
3. How does the author describe the experiences of John Blagden when the storm hit? Where was Blagden?
4. What led to the entrapment of the Galveston-Houston train?
5. What were Dr. Sam Young's experiences like as the storm began flooding Galveston?
6. Who was Colonel William Sterett? Why was he traveling to Galveston?
7. How does the author describe the events at Ritter's Cafe?
8. What lists appeared in the Galveston News following the storm? How are they described?
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. Describe the losses sustained by the Credo and Palmer families. How many were lost?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the major differences between meteorology today and in 1900. How are hurricanes tracked in the present day? What technological advances have improved weather reporting? How would these advancements have helped in reporting the hurricane that destroyed Galveston?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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