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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 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) The Roma.
(c) Englands Majesty.
(d) The King Charles II.

2. Where was Louisa Rollfing originally from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

3. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?
(a) "The Colorado."
(b) "The Louisiana."
(c) "The California."
(d) "The Virginia."

4. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1892.

5. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) Newton.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Edison.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.

3. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?

4. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

5. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?

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