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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?
(a) Willem Defoe.
(b) William Dampier.
(c) Daniel Defoe.
(d) Daniel Day Lewis.

2. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Utah.

3. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?
(a) 1703.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1902.

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

5. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?
(a) 8.7.
(b) 7.3.
(c) 10.2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.

2. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?

3. What is the date at the opening of the book?

4. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?

5. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?

(see the answer key)

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