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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) University of Arkansas.

2. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?
(a) Wind.
(b) Hail.
(c) Storms.
(d) Rain.

3. What is the heart of the weather service?
(a) Forecasting.
(b) The anemometer.
(c) Wind measurements.
(d) The telegraph.

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

5. How many cyclones has Captain Halsey survived?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

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

10. How old is Isaac's brother, Joseph?
(a) 38.
(b) 42.
(c) 29.
(d) 34.

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

12. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Utah.

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

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

15. The barometer reading Joseph takes the night before the storm is ____________.
(a) Under 28.
(b) Rising.
(c) Over 30.
(d) Falling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?

3. Where is Isaac's office?

4. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.

5. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?

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