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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 sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?

2. What daughter of Ruby Credo's was severely injured when a piece of wood was driven through her arm?

3. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?

4. After the storm, Anthony Credo learned that he had lost a total of how many family members?

5. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Isaac and Joseph Cline argue about as the storm hit?

2. What was the setting like when Colonel William Sterett's train became stalled? What did the passengers do?

3. How does the author describe the events at Ritter's Cafe?

4. What "hideous things" does the author describe happening across Galveston in Part IV: Cataclysm?

5. Describe the losses sustained by the Credo and Palmer families. How many were lost?

6. What was Louise Hopkins doing as the flooding began in Galveston? Where did she go?

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. How did the passengers of the Galveston-Houston train escape?

10. Who was at fault for the inaccurate forecasting by the US Weather Bureau?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did William B. Stockman send a report to Washington stating that the storm had passed without dangerous winds in Cuba? What did Stockman serve to gain by doing so? What were the repercussions of his actions?

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

Analyze and discuss the atmospheric conditions discussed in "Spiderwebs and Ice." What are the different strata of the atmosphere? Why does rain not deplete hurricanes and tropical storms? What are the basic elements of hurricanes? How did the conditions of the 1900 hurricane compare with others in this century?

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