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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet above sea level is Dr. Young's yard?

2. Where does August Rollfing ride out the storm?

3. Where does Simmons dock his ship?

4. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?

5. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does August Rollfing experience during the hurricane?

2. How does Galveston handle the overwhelming number of dead bodies?

3. What does Louisa Rollfing experience when she and her children try to take a coach to her mother-in-law's house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Louise Hopkins' mother do when the water started to rise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What price is to be paid for man's arrogance gained through technological advances? How is Isaac's Storm a cautionary tale about man's sense of technological power over nature? How likely will this theme continue long into the future of man?

Essay Topic 2

How does Isaac embody the American spirit in 1900? Is this a favorable portrait of the country? Do you think Isaac accurately represents America in 1900?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of the folly of man and the way it resonates throughout the book. How is the story of Isaac's Storm an example of man's best intentions gone tragically wrong?

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