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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?
(a) Light.
(b) Insomniac.
(c) Sound.
(d) Restless.

2. What is the name of Captain Halsey's ship?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

3. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Corinne.
(c) Camille.
(d) Claudette.

4. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?
(a) 300.
(b) 30.
(c) 250.
(d) 25.

5. Growing up, Isaac loves to read books by ____________.
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Jules Verne.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

6. What is the name of the newest member of Isaac's staff the summer of 1900?
(a) Harry Baldwin.
(b) Willis Moore.
(c) John Blagden.
(d) Joseph Cline.

7. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.3.
(c) 8.7.
(d) 10.2.

8. Who is William Stockman?
(a) Ambassador to Cuba.
(b) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(d) U.S. forecast official in Havana.

9. What does Isaac raise late the morning of the hurricane?
(a) Hurricane flag.
(b) Storm warning flag.
(c) Clear skies flag.
(d) Weather advisory flag.

10. Isaac believes in ___________.
(a) The Providence of God.
(b) The Laws of Weather.
(c) The Laws of Storms.
(d) Farmer's Wisdom.

11. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Hot weather.
(b) Tornados.
(c) Violence.
(d) Natural disasters.

12. Who coined the word "cyclone" to describe hurricane damage?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) William Redfield.
(c) Col. William Read.
(d) Isaac Cline.

13. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?
(a) Canvass.
(b) Mohair.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

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

15. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 8,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?

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

3. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?

4. General Hazen is in charge of what?

5. How many people die from the heat in New York City on August 11, 1900?

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