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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 train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?

2. It is estimated that wind gusts hit how many miles per hour during the hurricane in Galveston in 1900?

3. Bodies continued to emerge from the wreckage at an average of how many per day?

4. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.

5. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was August Rollfing headed in the beginning of Part IV: Cataclysm? Where was his family?

3. How does the author describe the arrival of the "Pensacola" in Galveston in Part V: Strange News?

4. What happened following the attempts by Galveston to bury the dead at sea?

5. Where did Isaac and his family find themselves after the passing of the storm? How is the setting described?

6. How does the author describe the experiences of John Blagden when the storm hit? Where was Blagden?

7. What did Isaac Cline find when he visited his office? How is this setting described?

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

9. How is the setting of Judson Palmer's home described? Who took refuge there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss Isaac's career after the US Signal Corps and prior to his arrival in Galveston. How long did Isaac work in Little Rock? Where did he transfer next? Also discuss the storm developments which took place in St. John. How did the atmospheric conditions in this location serve to strengthen the storm?

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