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

2. What is the name of Isaac's youngest daughter?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Esther.
(d) Ruth.

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

4. The adults gathering at the beach use the following words to describe the storm except one.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Horrifying.
(c) Spectacular.
(d) Grand.

5. Growing up, Isaac loves to read books by ____________.
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Mark Twain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of August Rollfing's sister?

3. Where does Moore recommend fishermen should remove their nets ahead of the storm?

4. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?

5. Monagan describes the first night they spend in Galveston bay as one of ______________.

(see the answer key)

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