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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. The barometer reading Joseph takes the night before the storm is ____________.
(a) Over 30.
(b) Rising.
(c) Under 28.
(d) Falling.

2. What word does the U.S. weather service make every effort to avoid?
(a) Evacuation.
(b) Cyclone.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Hurricane.

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

4. Where does Moore recommend fishermen should remove their nets ahead of the storm?
(a) Maine.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Florida.
(d) New Jersey.

5. Whom does Isaac save from the floodwaters?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Esther.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Young notes that all the signs are present for a _____________ the days before the hurricane.

2. Where do the winds of the tropical storm suddenly weaken, causing forecasters to miscalculate the intensity and path of the storm?

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

4. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?

5. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?

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