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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 is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Physician.
(c) Anthropologist.
(d) Geologist.

2. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1807.

3. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?
(a) Insomniac.
(b) Sound.
(c) Restless.
(d) Light.

4. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 2,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?

2. How many people die from the heat in New York City on August 11, 1900?

3. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?

4. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?

5. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?

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