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

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

3. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

4. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?
(a) Fort Concho.
(b) San Angelo.
(c) Midland.
(d) Fort Sumter.

5. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?
(a) The bathhouses.
(b) Catholic church.
(c) The movies.
(d) Synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?

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

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

4. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?

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

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