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

2. 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 Houston Post.
(b) St. Mary's Orphanage.
(c) The Giles Mercantile Agency.
(d) The Bolivar Lighthouse.

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) Harriet Jacobs.
(b) Emily Anniston.
(c) Rebecca Nordstrom.
(d) Anna Delz.

4. 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) North.
(b) Northwest.
(c) South.
(d) Southwest.

5. The storm's track hit Galveston at a 90 degree angle with its eye passing how many miles west of the city?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 65.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the building called which housed the Galveston weather station?

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

3. 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?

4. Who insisted that the family evacuate Isaac Cline's house because it was too dangerous in Part III: Spectacle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the surge of flooding described in Part IV: Cataclysm? How much did the water rise and in what amount of time?

2. What led to the entrapment of the Galveston-Houston train?

3. What did Isaac Cline note about the waves in the morning of September 8?

4. How does the author describe the arrival of the "Pensacola" in Galveston in Part V: Strange News?

5. How does the author describe the plight of Captain Simmons as he fought the storm?

6. What did the Weather Bureau refer to the storm as, despite Isaac's warnings in Part III: Spectacle? Who did Isaac go to warn locally?

7. What happened following the attempts by Galveston to bury the dead at sea?

8. Where was August Rollfing headed in the beginning of Part IV: Cataclysm? Where was his family?

9. How does the author describe the events at Ritter's Cafe?

10. What did Isaac and Joseph Cline argue about as the storm hit?

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