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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 Isaac meet his wife?
(a) College.
(b) Train.
(c) Church.
(d) Work.

2. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?
(a) Canvass.
(b) Mohair.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

3. On what does Louisa Rollfing's family make a final payment?
(a) Horse.
(b) House.
(c) Piano.
(d) Farm.

4. How many passengers are aboard the Louisiana the day of the hurricane?
(a) 250.
(b) 300.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

5. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?
(a) University of Texas.
(b) University of Arkansas.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Harvard University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.

2. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?

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

4. For whom does Isaac record weather?

5. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the crew of Captain William Seymour's ship experience in the eye of a storm in 1837?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What characteristics do they know in 1900 that all hurricanes have in common?

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

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