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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Omens.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Disaster.
(d) Beauty.

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

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

4. What is the wind speed that Captain Halsey records on his ship the day of the hurricane?
(a) 175 m.p.h.
(b) 125 m.p.h.
(c) 150 m.p.h.
(d) 100 m.p.h.

5. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.
(a) Molecules.
(b) People.
(c) Evil.
(d) Meteorologists.

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

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

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

9. According to Dr. Young, the storm would first move ___________ because cyclones always do.
(a) Northeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Southwest.

10. General Hazen is in charge of what?
(a) U.S. Signal Corps.
(b) U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) U.S. Army.
(d) U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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

12. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?
(a) Weatherman.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Salesman.

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

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

15. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1883.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

2. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?

3. Where does the storm reach on August 31?

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

5. Dr. Young notes that all the signs are present for a _____________ the days before the hurricane.

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