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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. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Violence.
(c) Hot weather.
(d) Tornados.

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

3. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?
(a) Grasshoppers.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Ants.
(d) Bats.

4. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?
(a) His brother.
(b) His youngest daughter.
(c) His oldest daughter.
(d) His wife.

5. What does Moore ban from Cuba?
(a) Cigars.
(b) Telegrams about weather.
(c) Scientists from studying in America.
(d) Hurricane warnings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?

2. How many storms are there in the hurricane season before Galveston?

3. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?

4. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?

5. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?

(see the answer key)

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