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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?
(a) July, 1904.
(b) August, 1900.
(c) September, 1899.
(d) June, 1897.

2. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?
(a) A farm.
(b) A piano.
(c) A house.
(d) A car.

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

4. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?
(a) 92 degrees.
(b) 71 degrees.
(c) 80 degrees.
(d) 57 degrees.

5. According to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms, the first official notation of the storm was made by a Captain in his log on what date?
(a) August 27, 1900.
(b) June 18, 1901.
(c) July 4, 1899.
(d) September 20, 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?

3. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?

4. Chief Stockman's station failed to detect the switch in wind direction in what city?

5. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was assigned as bureau forecast official in Cuba? How was this meteorologist described by the author?

2. What did the weather readings tell Isaac Cline on the morning of September 8, 1900? How did Isaac feel about the situation?

3. What were the predictions by the US Weather Bureau for the storm when it hit Florida?

4. What experiences with hurricanes did Christopher Columbus encounter, according to the author?

5. What geographical and social elements set up the city of Galveston for major casualties in the event of a hurricane in 1900?

6. How does the author describe the weather events in Galveston on September 4, 1900? What did Isaac Cline note about the weather?

7. How does the author describe the "August wave" in Part I: The Law of Storms?

8. How does the author describe the summer of 1900 in terms of weather in Introduction: The Beach? How is the setting of Galveston described during this time period?

9. How does the author describe the plight of Captain J.W. Simmons? Where was Simmons located?

10. Where did the storm that hit Galveston begin forming? What were atmospheric pressure conditions like in the US at this time?

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