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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?
(a) A twenty-year storm.
(b) A moderate hail event.
(c) An average rainstorm.
(d) An offspur of the Florida storm.

3. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1969.

4. Isaac Cline and which neighbor were on the beach at dawn on Saturday as the storm rolled in?
(a) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(b) Dr. Young.
(c) Colonel William Sterett.
(d) A. V. Kellogg.

5. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Animal trainer.
(c) Park ranger.
(d) Attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?

2. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

3. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?

4. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?

5. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?

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