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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. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.
(a) Secretary of the Cotton Exchange.
(b) Town doctor.
(c) Professor at the local college.
(d) Mayor of Galveston.

2. Isaac believes in ___________.
(a) The Laws of Storms.
(b) The Providence of God.
(c) Farmer's Wisdom.
(d) The Laws of Weather.

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

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

5. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Jules Verne.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.

2. The Friday before the hurricane brings what?

3. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.

4. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:

5. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?

(see the answer key)

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