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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?
(a) 10 pages.
(b) 18 pages.
(c) 5 pages.
(d) 1 page.

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

9. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?
(a) Camille.
(b) Claudette.
(c) Corinne.
(d) Catherine.

10. 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) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.
(d) A plume of hot sea.

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

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

13. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?
(a) Galveston Civic Center.
(b) Galveston YMCA.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Washington.

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

15. Where do the winds of the tropical storm suddenly weaken, causing forecasters to miscalculate the intensity and path of the storm?
(a) Key West.
(b) Cuba.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isaac meet his wife?

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

3. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.

4. How many cyclones has Captain Halsey survived?

5. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?

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