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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 most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Driskoll.
(b) Tremont.
(c) Strand.
(d) Wilshire.

2. Where do the winds of the tropical storm suddenly weaken, causing forecasters to miscalculate the intensity and path of the storm?
(a) Key West.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Cuba.
(d) New Orleans.

3. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.
(a) Sahara.
(b) Gobi.
(c) Amazon.
(d) Pacific.

4. Who is William Stockman?
(a) Ambassador to Cuba.
(b) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(c) U.S. forecast official in Havana.
(d) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

5. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Isaac's office?

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

3. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?

4. What college does Isaac attend?

5. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?

(see the answer key)

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