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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Cataclysm.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many feet above sea level is Dr. Young's yard?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?
(a) A door.
(b) A train.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A tree.

4. According to Dr. Young, the storm would first move ___________ because cyclones always do.
(a) Southwest.
(b) Northeast.
(c) Southwest.
(d) Northwest.

5. General Hazen is in charge of what?
(a) U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(b) U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) U.S. Signal Corps.
(d) U.S. Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Isaac record weather?

2. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?

3. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?

4. Where do the American forecasters think the storm is headed?

5. Louisa Rollfing says the noise of the hurricane sounded like ______________.

(see the answer key)

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