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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 smell begins to dilute the smell of death in Galveston?
(a) Fresh-cut lumber.
(b) Oil rigs.
(c) Fish.
(d) Funeral flowers.

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

3. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Omens.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Beauty.

4. Col. William Sterett is a writer for which newspaper?
(a) New York Times.
(b) Austin-American Statesman.
(c) The Houstonian.
(d) Dallas News.

5. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?
(a) Mexico.
(b) America.
(c) Japan.
(d) Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?

2. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?

3. What word does the U.S. weather service make every effort to avoid?

4. What is the name of Isaac's youngest daughter?

5. On what does Louisa Rollfing's family make a final payment?

(see the answer key)

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