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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. Where does the storm reach on August 31?
(a) Caribbean Sea.
(b) Florida.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Gulf of Mexico.

2. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Portland.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Thermometer.
(b) Tidal chart.
(c) Wind speed.
(d) Barometer.

4. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Ants.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Bats.

5. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Galveston Civic Center.
(c) Washington.
(d) Galveston YMCA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?

2. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?

3. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?

4. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?

5. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Galveston newspaper advertise as being the chic look for the summer of 1900?

2. How is Isaac a reflection of the country at this time?

3. What kind of man does the narrator describe Isaac to be?

4. How did Isaac meet his wife?

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

6. What is Galveston like in 1900?

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

8. What happens to the weather in Galveston two days before the storm?

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

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

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