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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 is the wind speed that Captain Halsey records on his ship the day of the hurricane?
(a) 150 m.p.h.
(b) 100 m.p.h.
(c) 125 m.p.h.
(d) 175 m.p.h.

2. What national disaster had the highest death toll before the Galveston hurricane?
(a) Johnstown Flood.
(b) Mt. Hood Avalanche.
(c) San Francisco Earthquake.
(d) New York City Blizzard.

3. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:
(a) Gambling.
(b) Extreme filth.
(c) Robbing banks.
(d) Taking nude photos.

4. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Omens.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Disaster.

5. Throughout September, how many bodies a day are the crews finding?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children are in the orphanage at the time of the storm?

2. In what field is Isaac a pioneer?

3. Tom L Monagan is sent to Galveston after the storm by _________________.

4. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?

5. The Friday before the hurricane brings what?

(see the answer key)

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