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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.
(a) Sahara.
(b) Amazon.
(c) Gobi.
(d) Pacific.

2. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?
(a) Lightening.
(b) Clotheslines.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Debris.

3. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?
(a) Vain.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Short.
(d) A child.

4. Tom L Monagan is sent to Galveston after the storm by _________________.
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Governor.
(c) An insurance company.
(d) Weather bureau.

5. Isaac contends in the years after Galveston that ______ is the most dangerous part of the hurricane.
(a) Tide.
(b) Air pressure.
(c) Rain.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the newest member of Isaac's staff the summer of 1900?

2. Isaac recognizes his wife's body from her _________.

3. Where does the Weather Bureau transfer Joseph after the hurricane?

4. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?

5. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?

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