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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Haunted.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) October 11, 1887.
(b) July 25, 1885.
(c) April 2, 1894.
(d) July 6, 1882.

3. How many passengers were on the train from Beaumont, Texas, traveling into Galveston during the storm?
(a) 95.
(b) 6.
(c) 58.
(d) 22.

4. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?
(a) August.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Glenn.
(d) Forest.

5. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Ecology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Climatology.
(d) Stormology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

2. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?

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

4. Who was the Chief of the U S Weather Bureau in 1900?

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

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