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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. Where do they find Cora Cline's body?
(a) 23rd and Q.
(b) 22nd and P.
(c) 28th and P.
(d) 25th and Q.

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

3. What is the most influential magazine in the country in 1900?
(a) Collier's Weekly.
(b) The Atlantic.
(c) Life.
(d) Time.

4. On what does Louisa Rollfing's family make a final payment?
(a) Piano.
(b) Farm.
(c) House.
(d) Horse.

5. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?
(a) Sound.
(b) Restless.
(c) Insomniac.
(d) Light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Simmons dock his ship?

2. How many men are eating at Ritter's Cafe and Saloon when the roof falls?

3. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?

4. What is the date at the opening of the book?

5. What Galveston landmark does Captain Simmons see first after the hurricane?

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