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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. What building does Isaac see is still intact after the hurricane?

2. What national disaster had the highest death toll before the Galveston hurricane?

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

4. How many children does Anthony Credo have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In addition to the miracle of surviving the storm, what other miracle do Joseph and Isaac experience on the day of the hurricane?

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

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

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

7. What is the first event that causes Galveston residents to begin to take the storm seriously?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the greater truths found in the smallest details of the story? Use specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the story, people make decisions that turn about to be the difference between life and death. Mr. Poe and the lighthouse is good example of this. Discuss four specific examples of this in book and the larger truth these decisions indicate about how people react in extreme danger.

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