View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?
(a) His wife.
(b) His youngest daughter.
(c) His oldest daughter.
(d) His brother.

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

3. In what field is Isaac a pioneer?
(a) Medical climatology.
(b) Missionary work.
(c) Military medicine.
(d) Meteorology.

4. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?
(a) Avenue Q.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Miles Street.
(d) Orchard Avenue.

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

6. What word does the U.S. weather service make every effort to avoid?
(a) Evacuation.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Cyclone.
(d) Dangerous.

7. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:
(a) Taking nude photos.
(b) Robbing banks.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Extreme filth.

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

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

10. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Tidal chart.
(b) Wind speed.
(c) Barometer.
(d) Thermometer.

11. Where did Isaac grow up?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

12. Where does Moore recommend fishermen should remove their nets ahead of the storm?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maine.

13. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Tsunami.
(c) Thunderstorm.
(d) Sand storm.

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

15. For whom does Isaac record weather?
(a) U.S. Weather Bureau.
(b) Galveston Times.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) U.S. Signal Corps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moore ban from Cuba?

2. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?

3. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.

4. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?

5. What is the wind speed that Captain Halsey records on his ship the day of the hurricane?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 351 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample