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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. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. As Captain Halsey continued on his journey in Part II: the Serpent's Coil, he estimated the wind at what speed when he had probably neared the heart of the storm?
(a) 80 mph.
(b) 165 mph.
(c) 100 mph.
(d) 225 mph.

3. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?
(a) "D."
(b) "X."
(c) "R."
(d) "M."

4. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?
(a) August, 1900.
(b) June, 1897.
(c) September, 1899.
(d) July, 1904.

5. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) T. P. Halsey.
(b) William Sterett.
(c) J. W. Simmons.
(d) William B. Hazen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?

2. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

3. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.

4. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

5. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?

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