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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. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.
2. When Isaac returned to work the week after the storm, the instruments in his office were still out, and he was forced to communicate by what means to the Houston station?
3. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?
4. 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?
5. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
Short Essay Questions
1. What lists appeared in the Galveston News following the storm? How are they described?
2. What did Isaac and Joseph Cline argue about as the storm hit?
3. How does the author describe the arrival of the "Pensacola" in Galveston in Part V: Strange News?
4. Describe the losses sustained by the Credo and Palmer families. How many were lost?
5. What was the setting like when Colonel William Sterett's train became stalled? What did the passengers do?
6. What did Isaac Cline note about the waves in the morning of September 8?
7. Who was Colonel William Sterett? Why was he traveling to Galveston?
8. How does the author describe the plight of Captain Simmons as he fought the storm?
9. Where was August Rollfing headed in the beginning of Part IV: Cataclysm? Where was his family?
10. How does the author describe the experiences of John Blagden when the storm hit? Where was Blagden?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the political climate of 1900 and the setting of Galveston at this time. What brochures or advertisements can be found which illustrate the "boom town" quality of Galveston? What "selling points" were used to draw both inhabitants and tourists to the city? How do these advertisements relate to those seen today for resort areas?
Essay Topic 2
Should the media censor information which could lead to panic? In the case of the hurricane of 1900, would the civilians have been better off knowing that a "cyclone" were approaching? What examples from contemporary society can we see of the media or governmental agencies censoring what is told to the public?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the conflicts between the US Weather Bureau and the local Cuban forecasters. How was Willis Moore to blame for the animosity between the two? How many lives were potentially lost as a result of egoism? How does the author express this thematically in the narrative?
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