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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. The author quotes the following newspapers as commending the U.S. Weather Bureau's forecasting during the hurricane, except one:

2. How many lives does Isaac say were saved because of his warnings?

3. Whose birthday does eight-year-old Henry Cortes come to Galveston to celebrate the day of the storm?

4. What does a strong wind topple over on New Year's Eve 1900?

5. How long has John Blagden been working in Galveston before the hurricane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does August Rollfing experience during the hurricane?

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

3. How does Isaac handle Moore's lies and distortion of the truth about how the Weather Bureau handled the hurricane?

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

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

6. How do the children of Galveston react in the early hours of the storm?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does weather play in the book, beyond representing the hurricane?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolic implications for the modern advances of the telegraph and the train. How are they used throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss both the narrative tone and structure of this story and their effect on the reader's experience.

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