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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: The Beach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ecuador.

2. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1882.

3. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.
(a) Denver.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(b) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(c) Cora May Ballew.
(d) Cora Sue Smith.

5. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?
(a) A. V. Kellogg.
(b) William Dampier.
(c) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(d) William B. Stockman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?

2. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?

3. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?

4. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?

5. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

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