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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suggests that they evacuate the Cline house for higher ground?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Cora.
(c) Dr. Young.
(d) Joseph.

2. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Wind speed.
(b) Barometer.
(c) Thermometer.
(d) Tidal chart.

3. What is the name of Louise Hopkins oldest brother?
(a) Mark.
(b) Mason.
(c) Morris.
(d) Monroe.

4. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.
(a) Gobi.
(b) Amazon.
(c) Sahara.
(d) Pacific.

5. What is the heart of the weather service?
(a) Wind measurements.
(b) The anemometer.
(c) Forecasting.
(d) The telegraph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?

2. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?

3. Isaac believes in ___________.

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

5. Where do the American forecasters think the storm is headed?

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