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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. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Utah.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Savannah.

2. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Disaster.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Omens.
(d) Beauty.

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

4. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?
(a) 18 pages.
(b) 1 page.
(c) 10 pages.
(d) 5 pages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Willis Moore?

2. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?

3. For whom does Isaac record weather?

4. Who came up with a compelling theory about the cause of the trade winds?

5. What does Isaac raise late the morning of the hurricane?

(see the answer key)

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