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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which direction is the water flowing through Galveston during the storm?
(a) East to west.
(b) South to north.
(c) North to south.
(d) West to east.

4. What smell begins to dilute the smell of death in Galveston?
(a) Funeral flowers.
(b) Fresh-cut lumber.
(c) Oil rigs.
(d) Fish.

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

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

7. Whose birthday does eight-year-old Henry Cortes come to Galveston to celebrate the day of the storm?
(a) His aunt's.
(b) His grandmother's.
(c) His sister's.
(d) His uncle's.

8. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?
(a) Ritter's Cafe roof collapse.
(b) The Strand destroyed.
(c) Midway destroyed.
(d) A child drowning.

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

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

11. Where does the Louisiana makes its intended voyage to after the storm?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Cuba.

12. How much does the floodwater suddenly rise in a matter of seconds at one point in the storm?
(a) Four inches.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Four feet.
(d) Six inches.

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

14. How many lives does Isaac say were saved because of his warnings?
(a) 500.
(b) 200.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 3,000.

15. How many feet above sea level is Dr. Young's yard?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?

3. What day do they find Cora Cline's body?

4. What does August Rollfing do when he finds his family at his sister's house?

5. What is the name of Louise's best friend who lives across the street?

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