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

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

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

5. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) The waves.
(b) The wind.
(c) Dread.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

8. 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.

9. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:
(a) A burst of heat from a gunnery drill.
(b) A rain drop hitting a leaf.
(c) A plume of hot sea.
(d) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.

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

11. How old is Isaac?
(a) 29.
(b) 38.
(c) 42.
(d) 34.

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

13. 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) 8,000.
(d) 6,000.

14. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.
(a) Sahara.
(b) Gobi.
(c) Amazon.
(d) Pacific.

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