Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Test | Final Test - Medium

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Test | Final Test - Medium

Erik Larson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?
(a) A tree.
(b) A door.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A train.

2. What destroys Isaac's house during the storm?
(a) A trestle.
(b) A train car.
(c) A boat.
(d) A buggy.

3. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?
(a) Poll.
(b) Peterson.
(c) Peabody.
(d) Poe.

4. Rabbi Cohen is known throughout Galveston as a __________________.
(a) Healer.
(b) Psychotherapist.
(c) Drunk.
(d) Philanderer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children are in the orphanage at the time of the storm?

2. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?

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

4. Whom did Isaac tell he was afraid that he may have underestimated the storm?

5. How many men are eating at Ritter's Cafe and Saloon when the roof falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Joseph's and Isaac's accounts of the hurricane differ in tone?

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

3. What happens to Isaac the day after the storm?

4. What does Isaac claim that he did after observing conditions on the beach the morning of the storm?

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

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

7. What does August Rollfing experience during the hurricane?

8. How does the mood change on the train with members of the military and other people from Houston as it gets closer to Galveston?

9. How does Moore distort the truth about how he handled the hurricane?

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

(see the answer keys)

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