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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

2. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Ants.
(c) Bats.
(d) Grasshoppers.

3. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.
(a) People.
(b) Evil.
(c) Molecules.
(d) Meteorologists.

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

5. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Hot weather.
(b) Violence.
(c) Tornados.
(d) Natural disasters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?

2. For whom does Isaac record weather?

3. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?

4. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?

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

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