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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 old is Louise Hopkins the day of the storm?
2. How many men are eating at Ritter's Cafe and Saloon when the roof falls?
3. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?
4. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?
5. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is John Blagden experiencing during the storm?
2. How do the children of Galveston react in the early hours of the storm?
3. How do Joseph's and Isaac's accounts of the hurricane differ in tone?
4. What does Isaac claim that he did after observing conditions on the beach the morning of the storm?
5. How does Isaac handle Moore's lies and distortion of the truth about how the Weather Bureau handled the hurricane?
6. How does Galveston handle the overwhelming number of dead bodies?
7. How do people in Galveston initially react to the storm?
8. What are some of the misconceptions that Isaac and his colleagues have about hurricanes?
9. What is Col. William Sterett's experience as he enters Galveston?
10. What is the first event that causes Galveston residents to begin to take the storm seriously?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the title of each of the major parts of the book, their subtle meanings, and the way they add to the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
What is both surprising and tragic about how the residents of Galveston are first unaware of the storm and then revel in its onset? At what moment does the city seem to realize that this is going to end very badly?
Essay Topic 3
What are examples of the hurricane bringing out both the best and worst in people throughout the story? What does this say about both the best and worst sides of human nature? What are real life examples that demonstrate this same truth?
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