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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beach: September 8, 1900.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
(a) Geologist.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Physician.
(d) Psychologist.

2. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Wilshire.
(b) Tremont.
(c) Strand.
(d) Driskoll.

3. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?
(a) America.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Japan.

4. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1895.

5. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Short.
(c) A child.
(d) Vain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Isaac's brother, Joseph?

2. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?

3. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?

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

5. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?

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