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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. Just prior to the storm, there was a heat wave in the United States in which how many people died?
(a) 14.
(b) 65.
(c) 147.
(d) 30.

2. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) T. P. Halsey.
(b) William B. Hazen.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) William Sterett.

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

4. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?
(a) Cancun, Mexico.
(b) Havanna, Cuba.
(c) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(d) Key West, Florida.

5. By what date does the author write that the streets of Galveston were cleaned, there were no pyres, the decomposition odor had lifted and new construction was everywhere?
(a) January 19, 1904.
(b) March 20, 1903.
(c) September 5, 1902.
(d) December 31, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?

2. What daughter of Ruby Credo's was severely injured when a piece of wood was driven through her arm?

3. Galveston was the victim of two storm surges, one from the Gulf and one from ____________.

4. The building which housed the Galveston weather station was how many stories high?

5. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?

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