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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 kind of sleeper is Isaac?
(a) Insomniac.
(b) Restless.
(c) Sound.
(d) Light.

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

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

4. Isaac believes in ___________.
(a) Farmer's Wisdom.
(b) The Providence of God.
(c) The Laws of Weather.
(d) The Laws of Storms.

5. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Washington.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?

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

3. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?

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

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

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