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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?
(a) Midway destroyed.
(b) A child drowning.
(c) The Strand destroyed.
(d) Ritter's Cafe roof collapse.

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

3. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) The wind.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The waves.
(d) Dread.

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

5. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Omens.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?

2. Where does the storm reach on August 31?

3. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?

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

5. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?

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