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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Ecology.
(b) Climatology.
(c) Stormology.
(d) Biology.

2. 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?
(a) Joe Amando.
(b) Bat Masterson.
(c) Ernest Zebrowski.
(d) Henry Piddington.

3. In what year was Isaac Cline born?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1885.

4. The invention of the __________ was key to the development and effectiveness of the Weather Bureau allowing for the rapid transmission of weather forecasts from city to city.
(a) Automobile.
(b) Train.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Camera.

5. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?

2. In what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

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

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 city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?

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