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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Haunted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moore ban from Cuba?
(a) Hurricane warnings.
(b) Scientists from studying in America.
(c) Telegrams about weather.
(d) Cigars.

2. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) George Eliot.

3. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?
(a) Ants.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Bats.

4. Who is Willis Moore?
(a) U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) Mayor of Galveston.
(d) Minister of the First Methodist Church.

5. How many children are in the orphanage at the time of the storm?
(a) 67.
(b) 44.
(c) 102.
(d) 93.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?

2. Isaac sees his transfer from Galveston as a _________.

3. How many feet above sea level is Dr. Young's yard?

4. What destroys Isaac's house during the storm?

5. Where does Simmons dock his ship?

(see the answer key)

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