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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. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. Where does August Rollfing ride out the storm?
(a) A store counter.
(b) A rooftop.
(c) A bar.
(d) A lighthouse.

3. What Galveston landmark does Captain Simmons see first after the hurricane?
(a) Lighthouse.
(b) The convent.
(c) The Strand.
(d) Grain elevator.

4. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?
(a) An empty boat.
(b) Body of a child.
(c) A hoard of rats.
(d) Body of a woman.

5. How old is Isaac?
(a) 29.
(b) 42.
(c) 38.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?

2. Where does the storm reach on August 31?

3. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?

4. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

5. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.

(see the answer key)

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