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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 aspects of the weather does Isaac record?
(a) Temperature and barometric pressures.
(b) Wave heights.
(c) Rainfall and wind speeds.
(d) Climate change.

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

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

4. Who is Willis Moore?
(a) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(b) Minister of the First Methodist Church.
(c) Mayor of Galveston.
(d) U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

5. What is the date at the opening of the book?
(a) September 9, 1900.
(b) September 7, 1901.
(c) September 8, 1999.
(d) September 7, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?

2. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?

3. Where is Isaac's office?

4. Isaac believes in ___________.

5. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?

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