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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is William Stockman?
(a) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) U.S. forecast official in Havana.
(d) Ambassador to Cuba.

2. What is the name of Captain Halsey's ship?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

3. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Weatherman.
(d) Teacher.

4. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Jules Verne.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?
(a) New York City blizzard.
(b) Miami hurricane.
(c) Los Angeles blizzard.
(d) Denver heat wave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?

2. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?

3. How many storms are there in the hurricane season before Galveston?

4. How many people die from the heat in New York City on August 11, 1900?

5. Where do the winds of the tropical storm suddenly weaken, causing forecasters to miscalculate the intensity and path of the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isaac compare the feeling to that he has on the night before the hurricane?

2. What is unusual about the summer of 1900 across the world?

3. What does Isaac observe when he goes to the beach the morning of the storm?

4. Why does hail become an obsession of Isaac's?

5. How did Isaac do in the initial part of his training for the weather service?

6. Why does Isaac believe that no storm could harm Galveston?

7. What does Isaac do for the U.S. Weather Bureau?

8. How was weather recorded before the creation of the weather service?

9. What might have saved thousands of lives in Galveston?

10. What is the difference between Isaac and Joseph's points of view in the early morning hours of September 8?

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