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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. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.
(a) Evil.
(b) Molecules.
(c) Meteorologists.
(d) People.

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

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

4. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Tremont.
(b) Strand.
(c) Wilshire.
(d) Driskoll.

5. What is the date at the opening of the book?
(a) September 8, 1999.
(b) September 9, 1900.
(c) September 7, 1901.
(d) September 7, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?

2. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?

3. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?

4. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

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

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