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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. What day do they find Cora Cline's body?
(a) September 30.
(b) September 16.
(c) September 22.
(d) October 2.

2. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Weatherman.
(d) Teacher.

3. What day does the train go to Galveston after no communication has been received from the city?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

4. Who lives in Louise's boarding house?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Students.

5. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?
(a) Galveston.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Key West.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lives does Isaac say were saved because of his warnings?

2. When does Moore contend the hurricane warning flags were raised in Galveston?

3. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?

4. What ironic numbers does the Galveston News report the morning of the hurricane?

5. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?

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