View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What piece of debris in the prairies outside of Galveston is particularly disturbing to Col. Sterett?
(a) A rocking horse.
(b) A ship.
(c) A destroyed house.
(d) A dead horse.

2. What national disaster had the highest death toll before the Galveston hurricane?
(a) Johnstown Flood.
(b) Mt. Hood Avalanche.
(c) San Francisco Earthquake.
(d) New York City Blizzard.

3. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?
(a) Sand storm.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Thunderstorm.
(d) Tsunami.

4. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Tidal chart.
(b) Wind speed.
(c) Barometer.
(d) Thermometer.

5. Growing up, Isaac loves to read books by ____________.
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Jules Verne.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) George Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?

2. Where did Isaac grow up?

3. Col. William Sterett is a writer for which newspaper?

4. Throughout September, how many bodies a day are the crews finding?

5. How many children does Anthony Credo have?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 159 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample