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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?
(a) Department of the Interior.
(b) Department of Defense.
(c) Department of Agriculture.
(d) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

2. What piece of debris in the prairies outside of Galveston is particularly disturbing to Col. Sterett?
(a) A dead horse.
(b) A destroyed house.
(c) A ship.
(d) A rocking horse.

3. The adults gathering at the beach use the following words to describe the storm except one.
(a) Horrifying.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Spectacular.
(d) Grand.

4. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?
(a) Daniel Defoe.
(b) William Dampier.
(c) Willem Defoe.
(d) Daniel Day Lewis.

5. What ironic numbers does the Galveston News report the morning of the hurricane?
(a) Life span rate.
(b) Death rate.
(c) New births.
(d) U.S. census numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people die from the heat in New York City on August 11, 1900?

2. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?

3. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?

4. What is the most influential magazine in the country in 1900?

5. Where does Isaac meet his wife?

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