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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 piece of debris in the prairies outside of Galveston is particularly disturbing to Col. Sterett?
(a) A dead horse.
(b) A destroyed house.
(c) A rocking horse.
(d) A ship.

2. How many children are in the orphanage at the time of the storm?
(a) 93.
(b) 44.
(c) 67.
(d) 102.

3. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) George Eliot.

4. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Tornados.
(c) Hot weather.
(d) Violence.

5. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?
(a) His wife.
(b) His youngest daughter.
(c) His brother.
(d) His oldest daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day does the train go to Galveston after no communication has been received from the city?

2. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?

3. On what does Louisa Rollfing's family make a final payment?

4. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?

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

(see the answer key)

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