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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaac visited the Levy Building and looked out over the vista where he could see that the spot that ____________ had once stood was now just all white beach.
(a) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(b) The Bolivar Lighthouse.
(c) The Houston Post.
(d) St. Mary's Orphanage.

2. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings arrived home first?
(a) John.
(b) Barry.
(c) Robert.
(d) Mark.

3. What sixteen-year-old was washed to the mainland and was given up for dead but reappeared a week later in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Anna Delz.
(b) Harriet Jacobs.
(c) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(d) Emily Anniston.

4. 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 _____________.
(a) August breeze.
(b) July rollercoaster.
(c) July dream.
(d) August wave.

5. The morning after the storm passed, the house where Isaac and his daughters had found shelter in was how far from his own house?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 3 blocks.
(c) 10 blocks.
(d) 5 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?

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

3. Where did a train from Houston to Galveston become stalled?

4. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?

5. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?

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