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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) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 50.

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

3. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?
(a) Gen. Custer.
(b) Gen. Greely.
(c) Col. Johnson.
(d) Col. Dunwoody.

4. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Tidal chart.
(b) Barometer.
(c) Wind speed.
(d) Thermometer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?

2. What national disaster had the highest death toll before the Galveston hurricane?

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

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

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

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