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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) Rainfall and wind speeds.
(c) Wave heights.
(d) Climate change.

2. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 8,000.

3. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) The wind.
(b) The waves.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Dread.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?

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

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

4. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?

5. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

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