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

2. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.
(a) Mayor of Galveston.
(b) Town doctor.
(c) Professor at the local college.
(d) Secretary of the Cotton Exchange.

3. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:
(a) A plume of hot sea.
(b) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.
(c) A rain drop hitting a leaf.
(d) A burst of heat from a gunnery drill.

4. Isaac believes in ___________.
(a) The Laws of Weather.
(b) The Providence of God.
(c) The Laws of Storms.
(d) Farmer's Wisdom.

5. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.
(a) Tin.
(b) Wood.
(c) Slate.
(d) Cork.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.

2. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?

3. Where is Isaac's office?

4. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?

5. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the butterfly effect?

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

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

7. What was Isaac's childhood like?

8. Why is the final payment on the piano a significant accomplishment to Louisa Rollfing?

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

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

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