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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) Air pressure.
(b) Rain.
(c) Wind.
(d) Waves.

2. Rabbi Cohen is known throughout Galveston as a __________________.
(a) Drunk.
(b) Healer.
(c) Psychotherapist.
(d) Philanderer.

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

4. What is Louise Hopkins first indicator that danger is coming?
(a) Her kitten.
(b) Her frog.
(c) Her puppy.
(d) Her turtle.

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

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

7. What does a strong wind topple over on New Year's Eve 1900?
(a) The light atop the Eiffel Tower.
(b) Captain Simmons' docked ship.
(c) A brick from the leaning tower of Pisa.
(d) A stone at Stonehenge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is everywhere as the storm waters rise?

2. How many blocks from his house does Isaac's raft finally run aground?

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

4. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?

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

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