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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaac and his colleagues believe that the ____ is the single most destructive element in a hurricane.
(a) Waves.
(b) Rain.
(c) Air pressure.
(d) Wind.

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

3. What destroys Isaac's house during the storm?
(a) A buggy.
(b) A train car.
(c) A trestle.
(d) A boat.

4. How many people take refuge in the Cline house during the storm?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 75.

5. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 4:30 p.m.
(c) 11:30 a.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

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

7. How old is Louise Hopkins the day of the storm?
(a) Eight years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Seven years old.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What are the first casualties of the storm that the train from Houston encounters after the storm?
(a) Children.
(b) Cows.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Farm workers.

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

15. Whom did Isaac tell he was afraid that he may have underestimated the storm?
(a) Cora.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Credo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?

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

3. Where does August Rollfing ride out the storm?

4. How many men are eating at Ritter's Cafe and Saloon when the roof falls?

5. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?

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