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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. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

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

3. In the early evening, Dr. Young could only see one house in the area that was still standing. It belonged to whom?

4. Who was a new employee at the Galveston weather station that found himself alone in the office?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What led to the entrapment of the Galveston-Houston train?

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

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

7. How does the author describe the plight of Captain Simmons as he fought the storm?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the members of Isaac Cline's family. What was Isaac's relationship like with his brother? How many children did Isaac have? How was his home described in the narrative? What elements of conflict existed within the Cline family?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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