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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?
(a) A tree.
(b) A telegram.
(c) A train.
(d) A door.

2. How many men are eating at Ritter's Cafe and Saloon when the roof falls?
(a) 13.
(b) 33.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. What is everywhere as the storm waters rise?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Flies.
(d) Toads.

4. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?
(a) Poe.
(b) Poll.
(c) Peabody.
(d) Peterson.

5. What time did the first train of the day arrive in Galveston during the hurricane?
(a) 1:15 p.m.
(b) 2:30 p.m.
(c) 11:30 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

6. What does Joseph use against the man who is pushing the children away from him on the raft?
(a) Splintered wood.
(b) Broken glass.
(c) Metal pole.
(d) A knife.

7. What day does the train go to Galveston after no communication has been received from the city?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

8. What is the name of Louise Hopkins oldest brother?
(a) Mason.
(b) Mark.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Morris.

9. How long has John Blagden been working in Galveston before the hurricane?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six days.
(d) Two weeks.

10. What is the name of Isaac's youngest daughter?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Rosemary.
(c) Esther.
(d) Ruth.

11. Monagan describes the first night they spend in Galveston bay as one of ______________.
(a) Horrible sounds.
(b) Horrible dreams.
(c) Horrible smells.
(d) Horrible sights.

12. Where does Simmons dock his ship?
(a) Avenue P.
(b) Galveston Port.
(c) 9th Street.
(d) 23rd Street.

13. What national disaster had the highest death toll before the Galveston hurricane?
(a) San Francisco Earthquake.
(b) New York City Blizzard.
(c) Mt. Hood Avalanche.
(d) Johnstown Flood.

14. How many blocks from his house does Isaac's raft finally run aground?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

15. Where does August Rollfing ride out the storm?
(a) A bar.
(b) A lighthouse.
(c) A store counter.
(d) A rooftop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Col. William Sterett is a writer for which newspaper?

2. What is Louise Hopkins first indicator that danger is coming?

3. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?

4. Isaac and his colleagues believe that the ____ is the single most destructive element in a hurricane.

5. What building does Isaac see is still intact after the hurricane?

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