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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. How many people take refuge in the Cline house during the storm?
(a) 75.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 50.

2. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?
(a) Carrier pigeon.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Currier.
(d) Telephone.

3. How long has John Blagden been working in Galveston before the hurricane?
(a) Six days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two weeks.

4. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?
(a) 7.3.
(b) 10.2.
(c) 8.7.
(d) 3.

5. Rabbi Cohen is known throughout Galveston as a __________________.
(a) Drunk.
(b) Philanderer.
(c) Psychotherapist.
(d) Healer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?

3. Whom does Isaac save from the floodwaters?

4. The barometer reading Joseph takes the night before the storm is ____________.

5. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:

(see the answer key)

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