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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 Moore recommend fishermen should remove their nets ahead of the storm?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) Maine.
(d) New Jersey.

2. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?
(a) Catholic church.
(b) The bathhouses.
(c) The movies.
(d) Synagogue.

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

4. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?
(a) Weatherman.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Teacher.

5. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?
(a) Gen. Greely.
(b) Col. Johnson.
(c) Col. Dunwoody.
(d) Gen. Custer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what does Louisa Rollfing's family make a final payment?

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

4. Where does Isaac meet his wife?

5. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Galveston like in 1900?

3. What was Isaac's childhood like?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why was the creation of the Weather Service controversial?

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

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