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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 second train headed to Galveston the day of the storm is coming from where?
(a) Dallas.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Beaumont.
(d) Houston.

2. What does Louise Hopkins think the walls in house look like they doing?
(a) Growing.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Crumbling.
(d) Disintegrating.

3. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 11:30 a.m.

4. How many children does Anthony Credo have?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

5. What is the name of Louise Hopkins oldest brother?
(a) Mason.
(b) Mark.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Morris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of vessel does Monagan commandeer to get to Galveston after the storm?

2. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?

3. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?

4. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?

5. Throughout September, how many bodies a day are the crews finding?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Isaac and Dr. Young interpret what they see from the beach Saturday morning differently?

2. What are some of the misconceptions that Isaac and his colleagues have about hurricanes?

3. Why is it initially not alarming to have lost all telegraph communication with Galveston?

4. How does Isaac write his official report about the hurricane?

5. What does Dr. Young experience as darkness falls on Galveston?

6. What does August Rollfing experience during the hurricane?

7. How do people in Galveston initially react to the storm?

8. What is Col. William Sterett's experience as he enters Galveston?

9. What happens to the second train headed to Galveston the day of the storm?

10. Why does Joseph want his telegram to the U.S. Weather Bureau chief be kept completely confidential?

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