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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. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.
(a) Evil.
(b) Molecules.
(c) Meteorologists.
(d) People.

2. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?
(a) Tsunami.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Thunderstorm.
(d) Sand storm.

3. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?
(a) 18 pages.
(b) 5 pages.
(c) 1 page.
(d) 10 pages.

4. Growing up, Isaac loves to read books by ____________.
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Jules Verne.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. What does Moore ban from Cuba?
(a) Hurricane warnings.
(b) Telegrams about weather.
(c) Scientists from studying in America.
(d) Cigars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The barometer reading Joseph takes the night before the storm is ____________.

2. Who is Willis Moore?

3. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?

4. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

5. Isaac believes in ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Isaac's childhood like?

9. What is the butterfly effect?

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

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