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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. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?
(a) Key West.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Galveston.
(d) New Orleans.

2. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?
(a) Clotheslines.
(b) Lightening.
(c) Debris.
(d) Bricks.

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

4. Isaac believes in ___________.
(a) The Providence of God.
(b) The Laws of Storms.
(c) The Laws of Weather.
(d) Farmer's Wisdom.

5. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.
(a) Town doctor.
(b) Professor at the local college.
(c) Mayor of Galveston.
(d) Secretary of the Cotton Exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lives does Isaac say were saved because of his warnings?

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

3. Where did Isaac grow up?

4. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?

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

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