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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 2:30 p.m.
(c) 11:30 a.m.
(d) 4:30 p.m.

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

3. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Jules Verne.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Japan.
(c) Mexico.
(d) America.

5. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Utah.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Savannah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For whom does Isaac record weather?

3. How many cyclones has Captain Halsey survived?

4. What is everywhere as the storm waters rise?

5. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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