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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. 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.

2. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?
(a) Topeka, Kansas.
(b) Omaha, Nebraska.
(c) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

3. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?

2. What was the name of the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps who was arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?

3. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?

4. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

5. 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?

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