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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 steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Utah.
(d) Missouri.

2. Where does Isaac meet his wife?
(a) College.
(b) Church.
(c) Train.
(d) Work.

3. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:
(a) Taking nude photos.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Robbing banks.
(d) Extreme filth.

4. How many blocks from his house does Isaac's raft finally run aground?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does it take Isaac to get back to work after the hurricane?

2. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:

3. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?

4. What is everywhere as the storm waters rise?

5. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.

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