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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(b) Niger.
(c) Hispaniola.
(d) Cameroon.

2. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?
(a) Animal trainer.
(b) Park ranger.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Attorney.

3. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?
(a) Headwind.
(b) Pushwind.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Tailwind.

4. In what year had Isaac been assigned to open the Texas Section of the new US Weather Bureau?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1907.

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

6. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?
(a) October 1, 1899.
(b) August 31, 1900.
(c) July 18, 1898.
(d) May12, 1901.

7. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Niger.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Morocco.

8. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Romans.

9. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?
(a) The Samurai Revolution.
(b) The Panda Movement.
(c) The Bamboo Storm.
(d) The Boxer Rebellion.

10. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?
(a) 7.
(b) 25.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

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

12. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac sent a telegram to the Central Office where advising them that the water was high and there were opposing winds?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York City.

13. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
(a) 7:45 p.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 2:15 p.m.

14. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) St Louis, Missouri.
(c) Springfield, Illinois.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

15. What was the maiden name of Isaac Cline's wife?
(a) Cora Rebecca Rodgers.
(b) Cora Sue Smith.
(c) Cora Betsy Huffington.
(d) Cora May Ballew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?

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

3. 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?

4. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

5. 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?

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