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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?
(a) An empty boat.
(b) Body of a child.
(c) A hoard of rats.
(d) Body of a woman.

2. What building does Isaac see is still intact after the hurricane?
(a) Levy Building.
(b) Orphanage.
(c) Ursuline convent.
(d) His house.

3. What is the name of August Rollfing's sister?
(a) Allie May.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Cora.
(d) Julia.

4. Throughout September, how many bodies a day are the crews finding?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 100.

5. Where do some of the occupants of the second train go to ride out the storm?
(a) Steam ship.
(b) Trestle bridge.
(c) Lighthouse.
(d) Grain silo.

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

7. The author quotes the following newspapers as commending the U.S. Weather Bureau's forecasting during the hurricane, except one:
(a) Boston Herald.
(b) Inter-Ocean.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Buffalo Courier.

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

9. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?
(a) Telegraph.
(b) Currier.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Carrier pigeon.

10. How many children are in the orphanage at the time of the storm?
(a) 102.
(b) 44.
(c) 67.
(d) 93.

11. What does August Rollfing do when he finds his family at his sister's house?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Cries.
(c) Whoops.
(d) Faints.

12. How do the soldiers at Fort San Jacinto signal for help during the storm?
(a) Guns.
(b) Flags.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Cannons.

13. How many blocks from the beach is St. Mary's Orphanage?
(a) Three blocks.
(b) One block.
(c) Two blocks.
(d) On the beach.

14. What day do they find Cora Cline's body?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 22.
(c) October 2.
(d) September 30.

15. How does a very pregnant Mrs. Heidman arrive at the Ursuline convent?
(a) Inside a trunk.
(b) Shot through a window.
(c) Crawled from a treetop.
(d) On a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the floodwater suddenly rise in a matter of seconds at one point in the storm?

2. How many feet above sea level is Dr. Young's yard?

3. Where does the Louisiana makes its intended voyage to after the storm?

4. Monagan describes the first night they spend in Galveston bay as one of ______________.

5. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?

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