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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. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?
(a) Recording.
(b) Researching.
(c) Forecasting.
(d) Closing.

2. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) Dread.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The wind.
(d) The waves.

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

4. What is the date at the opening of the book?
(a) September 7, 1900.
(b) September 8, 1999.
(c) September 9, 1900.
(d) September 7, 1901.

5. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
(a) Geologist.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Anthropologist.
(d) Physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?

2. Who coined the word "cyclone" to describe hurricane damage?

3. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?

4. The Friday before the hurricane brings what?

5. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the weather like across the country during August 1900?

5. Describe the photograph taken of Isaac by New Orleans photographer.

6. How does Larson describe the center of a hurricane?

7. What is the butterfly effect?

8. How does Moore treat the weather forecasting being done in Cuba?

9. What is the purpose of the eighteen-page letter that William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody?

10. What does Captain J. W. Simmons of the Pensacola experience after his ship leaves Galveston the morning of the hurricane?

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