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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suggests that they evacuate the Cline house for higher ground?
(a) Cora.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Dr. Young.

2. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Florida.

3. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?
(a) Restless.
(b) Sound.
(c) Light.
(d) Insomniac.

4. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Weatherman.
(d) Merchant.

5. Who coined the word "cyclone" to describe hurricane damage?
(a) Henry Piddington.
(b) Isaac Cline.
(c) William Redfield.
(d) Col. William Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?

2. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?

3. What word does the U.S. weather service make every effort to avoid?

4. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?

5. Who wakes Isaac at 4 a.m. the morning of the hurricane?

(see the answer key)

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