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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. In Part IV: Cataclysm, a telegram was sent from the weather station where to the Chief of the US Weather Bureau in Washington, DC, informing him that they had lost all contact with the Galveston office?
(a) St. Louis, Missouri.
(b) Miami, Florida.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Houston, Texas.

2. Isaac wrote an urgent cable to Willis Moore telling him of the terrible situation and gave the message to whom to deliver?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Joseph Cline.
(c) Cora Cline.
(d) Rabbi Henry Cohen.

3. What refers to a wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror?
(a) Thermograph.
(b) Heliograph.
(c) Barometer.
(d) Clinometer.

4. What did Isaac do with his wife's engagement ring after it was recovered from the wreckage?
(a) Gave it to another woman.
(b) Sold it to a jeweler.
(c) Had it enlarged and wore it.
(d) Tucked it away in a drawer.

5. "The Pensacola" drifted throughout Saturday and Sunday before who ordered the engines to be restarted and headed to Galveston in Part V: Strange News?
(a) Captain Simmons.
(b) General Hazen.
(c) Chief Moore.
(d) Colonel Sterett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac privately wished he would have brought his family __________ for their safety during the storm.

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

3. What writer for the Dallas News took a train from Houston to Galveston?

4. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings arrived home first?

5. The passengers of the Beaumont, Texas, train who survived took refuge at what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Isaac Cline find when he visited his office? How is this setting described?

2. Who was at fault for the inaccurate forecasting by the US Weather Bureau?

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

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

5. What lists appeared in the Galveston News following the storm? How are they described?

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

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

8. Describe the losses sustained by the Credo and Palmer families. How many were lost?

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

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

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