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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. How many cyclones has Captain Halsey survived?
(a) Two.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

2. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Strand.
(b) Driskoll.
(c) Tremont.
(d) Wilshire.

3. What is the heart of the weather service?
(a) The anemometer.
(b) The telegraph.
(c) Forecasting.
(d) Wind measurements.

4. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Japan.
(c) Mexico.
(d) America.

5. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1883.

Short Answer Questions

1. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.

2. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?

3. Where does the storm reach on August 31?

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

5. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Isaac's childhood like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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