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

2. After the storm, there were so many dead that the city resolved to do what with the corpses?
(a) Hire workers from out of state to bury them.
(b) Transport the bodies to Louisiana.
(c) Create a mass grave.
(d) Bury them at sea.

3. Which of Louise Hopkins's siblings made it home last, with water up to his underarms?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Mason.
(d) Elanor.

4. 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) Martha.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Wilma.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cuban forecasters indicated that they had correctly predicted that the storm would not __________.

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

3. August Rollfing hired a driver and buggy with orders to pick up his wife and children and take them to his mother's house where in Part IV: Cataclysm?

4. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

5. Isaac Cline's house was built with what components to prevent flooding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the passengers of the Galveston-Houston train escape?

3. 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?

4. Where did Isaac and his family find themselves after the passing of the storm? How is the setting described?

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

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

7. What "hideous things" does the author describe happening across Galveston in Part IV: Cataclysm?

8. Who was Colonel William Sterett? Why was he traveling to Galveston?

9. How is the setting of Judson Palmer's home described? Who took refuge there?

10. How does the author describe the experiences of John Blagden when the storm hit? Where was Blagden?

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