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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do they find Cora Cline's body?
(a) 28th and P.
(b) 22nd and P.
(c) 25th and Q.
(d) 23rd and Q.

3. What does Mrs. Hopkins plan to use as a raft?
(a) A door.
(b) A wooden beam.
(c) A mattress.
(d) A tire.

4. What Galveston landmark does Captain Simmons see first after the hurricane?
(a) Lighthouse.
(b) Grain elevator.
(c) The convent.
(d) The Strand.

5. What is the most influential magazine in the country in 1900?
(a) Collier's Weekly.
(b) Time.
(c) Life.
(d) The Atlantic.

6. Col. William Sterett is a writer for which newspaper?
(a) New York Times.
(b) The Houstonian.
(c) Austin-American Statesman.
(d) Dallas News.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What piece of debris in the prairies outside of Galveston is particularly disturbing to Col. Sterett?
(a) A rocking horse.
(b) A dead horse.
(c) A ship.
(d) A destroyed house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a strong wind topple over on New Year's Eve 1900?

2. How many blocks from the beach is St. Mary's Orphanage?

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

4. What time did the first train of the day arrive in Galveston during the hurricane?

5. Throughout September, how many bodies a day are the crews finding?

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