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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. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Henry Howgate.

2. 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.

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 King Charles II.
(b) Englands Majesty.
(c) The Queen Mary III.
(d) The Roma.

4. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?
(a) Bradley and Susan Cline.
(b) Thomas and Betsy Cline.
(c) Jacob and Mary Cline.
(d) Matthew and Harriet Cline.

5. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Willis Moore.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) Bat Masterson.
(d) Henry Piddington.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?

2. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?

3. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?

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

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