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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Louise Hopkins oldest brother?
(a) Mark.
(b) Mason.
(c) Morris.
(d) Monroe.

3. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?
(a) Lightening.
(b) Clotheslines.
(c) Debris.
(d) Bricks.

4. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 250.
(d) 300.

5. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:
(a) A burst of heat from a gunnery drill.
(b) A plume of hot sea.
(c) A rain drop hitting a leaf.
(d) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?

2. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?

3. What piece of debris in the prairies outside of Galveston is particularly disturbing to Col. Sterett?

4. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?

5. How many lives does Isaac say were saved because of his warnings?

(see the answer key)

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