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

2. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Barometer.
(b) Tidal chart.
(c) Thermometer.
(d) Wind speed.

3. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?
(a) Carrier pigeon.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Currier.
(d) Telephone.

4. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?
(a) Willem Defoe.
(b) Daniel Day Lewis.
(c) William Dampier.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

5. According to Dr. Young, the storm would first move ___________ because cyclones always do.
(a) Northeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Southwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the soldiers at Fort San Jacinto signal for help during the storm?

2. In what field is Isaac a pioneer?

3. Where is Isaac's office?

4. How many children are in the orphanage at the time of the storm?

5. Who correctly predicts the hurricane in Cuba?

(see the answer key)

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