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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. By the end of the week after the storm, businesses were placing ads in the News assuring customers that they would not ______________.
(a) Be open on Sundays.
(b) Charge tax.
(c) Inflate prices.
(d) Sell expired goods.

2. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Edison.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Newton.

3. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?
(a) Eight inches.
(b) Two feet.
(c) Neck deep.
(d) Chest deep.

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

5. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.
(a) Niger.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Isaac see sitting on every available object when he reached home?

2. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?

3. According to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms, the first official notation of the storm was made by a Captain in his log on what date?

4. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?

5. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?

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