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

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

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

4. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Washington.
(d) Cuba.

5. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:
(a) A rain drop hitting a leaf.
(b) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.
(c) A burst of heat from a gunnery drill.
(d) A plume of hot sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Isaac record weather?

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

3. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?

4. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?

5. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?

(see the answer key)

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