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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Florida.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Mexico.

2. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Driskoll.
(b) Strand.
(c) Tremont.
(d) Wilshire.

3. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?
(a) A door.
(b) A train.
(c) A tree.
(d) A telegram.

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

5. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Peabody.
(c) Poe.
(d) Poll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of August Rollfing's sister?

2. Where did Isaac grow up?

3. What is the name of the shipping port in Houston?

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

5. The total number of deaths from hurricanes in Galveston between 1919 and 1983 is less than _________.

(see the answer key)

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