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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Isaac's office?
(a) Avenue Q.
(b) Tremont Street.
(c) The Strand.
(d) Levy Building.

2. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?
(a) Washington.
(b) Galveston YMCA.
(c) Galveston Civic Center.
(d) Harvard.

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

4. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?
(a) The movies.
(b) Catholic church.
(c) Synagogue.
(d) The bathhouses.

5. How many storms are there in the hurricane season before Galveston?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

6. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?
(a) Temperature and barometric pressures.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Rainfall and wind speeds.
(d) Wave heights.

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

8. What college does Isaac attend?
(a) Hiwassee College.
(b) Abilene Christian College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Vassar College.

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

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

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

12. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?
(a) 1703.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1789.

13. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?
(a) Fort Concho.
(b) San Angelo.
(c) Fort Sumter.
(d) Midland.

14. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the storm reach on August 31?

2. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?

3. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?

4. The Friday before the hurricane brings what?

5. Who came up with a compelling theory about the cause of the trade winds?

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