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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?
(a) Midland.
(b) Fort Concho.
(c) Fort Sumter.
(d) San Angelo.

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

3. Who came up with a compelling theory about the cause of the trade winds?
(a) Lindon Sinclair.
(b) George Hadley.
(c) Steven Smith.
(d) Edmund Halley.

4. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1703.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1807.

5. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?

2. Where is Isaac's office?

3. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?

4. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?

5. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?

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