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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?
(a) 3 blocks.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 10 blocks.
(d) 5 miles.

2. After the storm, Anthony Credo learned that he had lost a total of how many family members?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 3.

3. The train coming from Beaumont, Texas, into Galveston during the storm was traveling along the flooded tracks of what?
(a) The Texas panhandle.
(b) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(c) The Amarillo causeway.
(d) Lone Star Ridge.

4. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1915.

5. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 2,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?

2. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was at what location?

3. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?

4. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?

5. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?

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