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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: the Serpent's Coil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Louisa Rollfing marry her husband?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1885.

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

3. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) The Queen Mary III.
(b) Englands Majesty.
(c) The King Charles II.
(d) The Roma.

4. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Edmund Halley.
(c) Dean Bruner.
(d) William Redfield.

5. How far from Galveston was the hurricane when Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th?
(a) 550 miles.
(b) 800 miles.
(c) 475 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?

2. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?

3. Hurricane Camille hit the Gulf Coast in what year?

4. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?

5. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?

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