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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York City.
(c) Portland.
(d) Philadelphia.

2. Where do the American forecasters think the storm is headed?
(a) Out to sea.
(b) Atlantic coast.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Texas coastline.

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

4. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) George Eliot.

5. Who came up with a compelling theory about the cause of the trade winds?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) Lindon Sinclair.
(c) Steven Smith.
(d) George Hadley.

6. Who is Willis Moore?
(a) U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) Minister of the First Methodist Church.
(d) Mayor of Galveston.

7. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?
(a) Jews.
(b) Caribbean islanders.
(c) Germans.
(d) Irish.

8. What is the name of the missing ship out of Tampa?
(a) Alamo.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Olive.

9. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?
(a) Los Angeles blizzard.
(b) Miami hurricane.
(c) Denver heat wave.
(d) New York City blizzard.

10. Dr. Young notes that all the signs are present for a _____________ the days before the hurricane.
(a) Cyclone.
(b) Tropical storm.
(c) Heat wave.
(d) Low pressure system.

11. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
(a) Anthropologist.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Physician.
(d) Geologist.

12. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?
(a) Forecasting.
(b) Recording.
(c) Closing.
(d) Researching.

13. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.
(a) Cork.
(b) Tin.
(c) Wood.
(d) Slate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?

3. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?

4. For whom does Isaac record weather?

5. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?

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