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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 floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?
(a) A hoard of rats.
(b) Body of a child.
(c) An empty boat.
(d) Body of a woman.

2. What kind of vessel does Monagan commandeer to get to Galveston after the storm?
(a) Schooner.
(b) Yacht.
(c) Steamship.
(d) Canoe.

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

4. How much does the floodwater suddenly rise in a matter of seconds at one point in the storm?
(a) Four feet.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Six inches.
(d) Four inches.

5. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?
(a) 25.
(b) 250.
(c) 300.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?

2. Where does August Rollfing ride out the storm?

3. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?

4. Where do the Hopkins plan to go for safety?

5. Where is Isaac's office?

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