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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Serpent's Coil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The barometer reading Joseph takes the night before the storm is ____________.
(a) Rising.
(b) Falling.
(c) Under 28.
(d) Over 30.

2. Where does Moore recommend fishermen should remove their nets ahead of the storm?
(a) Florida.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Maine.

3. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?
(a) Gen. Greely.
(b) Gen. Custer.
(c) Col. Johnson.
(d) Col. Dunwoody.

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

5. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:

2. What is the heart of the weather service?

3. For whom does Isaac record weather?

4. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?

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

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