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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. Throughout September, how many bodies a day are the crews finding?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 100.

2. The initial loss of life in Galveston is listed at how many?
(a) 1000.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 700.

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

4. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?
(a) A hoard of rats.
(b) An empty boat.
(c) Body of a woman.
(d) Body of a child.

5. What are the first casualties of the storm that the train from Houston encounters after the storm?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Farm workers.
(c) Cows.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?

2. What college does Isaac attend?

3. Where do some of the occupants of the second train go to ride out the storm?

4. Where do they find Cora Cline's body?

5. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?

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