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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 name of Captain Halsey's ship?
(a) Carolina.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Louisiana.

2. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?
(a) New York City blizzard.
(b) Miami hurricane.
(c) Los Angeles blizzard.
(d) Denver heat wave.

3. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.
(a) Professor at the local college.
(b) Town doctor.
(c) Mayor of Galveston.
(d) Secretary of the Cotton Exchange.

4. Who correctly predicts the hurricane in Cuba?
(a) William Stockman.
(b) Father Vine.
(c) Col. Dunwoody.
(d) Father Gangoite.

5. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.
(a) Wood.
(b) Cork.
(c) Tin.
(d) Slate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in Louise's boarding house?

2. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?

3. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?

4. What does Isaac raise late the morning of the hurricane?

5. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:

(see the answer key)

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