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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Ants.
(c) Bats.
(d) Grasshoppers.

2. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?
(a) Silk.
(b) Mohair.
(c) Canvass.
(d) Cotton.

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

4. What does Isaac raise late the morning of the hurricane?
(a) Hurricane flag.
(b) Storm warning flag.
(c) Weather advisory flag.
(d) Clear skies flag.

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

6. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Tornados.
(b) Hot weather.
(c) Natural disasters.
(d) Violence.

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

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

9. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

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

11. What is the date at the opening of the book?
(a) September 7, 1900.
(b) September 7, 1901.
(c) September 9, 1900.
(d) September 8, 1999.

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

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

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

15. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?
(a) Gen. Greely.
(b) Col. Dunwoody.
(c) Col. Johnson.
(d) Gen. Custer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?

2. For whom does Isaac record weather?

3. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?

4. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?

5. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?

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