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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Captain Simmons's first officer felt they were in a confluence of storms--a hurricane from the east and a gale from what direction?
(a) South.
(b) Northwest.
(c) Southwest.
(d) North.

2. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?
(a) 1 foot.
(b) 10 inches.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) 5 feet.

3. What writer for the Dallas News took a train from Houston to Galveston?
(a) Captain J. W. Simmons.
(b) Colonel William Sterett.
(c) Chief Willis Moore.
(d) General William B. Hazen.

4. How many people took shelter in Judson Palmer's house in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 8.
(b) 17.
(c) 34.
(d) 23.

5. Cuban forecasters indicated that they had correctly predicted that the storm would not __________.
(a) Head southwest.
(b) Hit the Rocky Mountains.
(c) Travel up the Atlantic coast.
(d) Dissipate near Chicago.

6. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
(a) Isaac Cline.
(b) Cora Cline.
(c) Joseph Cline.
(d) Laura Cline.

7. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?
(a) The Murray Building.
(b) The Edwards Building.
(c) The Levy Building.
(d) The Thomas Building.

8. Louise Hopkins was playing with which friend in the yard when they began to see debris and water rushing down the streets?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Martha.

9. By what date does the author write that the streets of Galveston were cleaned, there were no pyres, the decomposition odor had lifted and new construction was everywhere?
(a) January 19, 1904.
(b) September 5, 1902.
(c) December 31, 1900.
(d) March 20, 1903.

10. By evening, Judson Palmer estimated that the water in his yard was how deep?
(a) 11 feet.
(b) 7 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 4 feet.

11. The wind was measured at what speed from the Galveston weather station in Part IV: Cataclysm?
(a) 160 mph.
(b) 110 mph.
(c) 135 mph.
(d) 95 mph.

12. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Rodney Maher.
(b) Matthew Cohen.
(c) Henry Cohen.
(d) Matthew Lithburg.

13. Who was a new employee at the Galveston weather station that found himself alone in the office?
(a) Bat Masterson.
(b) William B. Stockman.
(c) Captain J. W. Simmons.
(d) John Blagden.

14. Dr. Young watched from the second floor of his house with fascination as the water rushed down the streets not knowing that ____________ were floating in it.
(a) Clothes.
(b) Corpses.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Dogs.

15. At one point the water rushed in Dr. Young's second story window which was how many feet above the street?
(a) 24.
(b) 17.
(c) 28.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was eight months pregnant and saw her house collapse on her husband and three-year-old son?

2. Where was Dr. Sam Young's located?

3. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?

4. In search for his wife, Isaac visited the hospital which withstood the storm and then on to a temporary morgue where how many bodies had been delivered?

5. The first floor of Dr. Young's house was in how many feet of water before it was hit by a large object?

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