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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Hazen is in charge of what?
(a) U.S. Signal Corps.
(b) U.S. Army.
(c) U.S. Weather Bureau.
(d) U.S. Department of Agriculture.

2. Who correctly predicts the hurricane in Cuba?
(a) Father Vine.
(b) William Stockman.
(c) Father Gangoite.
(d) Col. Dunwoody.

3. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Galveston Civic Center.
(c) Galveston YMCA.
(d) Washington.

4. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?
(a) Camille.
(b) Corinne.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Claudette.

5. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?
(a) The Strand destroyed.
(b) Midway destroyed.
(c) A child drowning.
(d) Ritter's Cafe roof collapse.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?

4. Who is Willis Moore?

5. How many blocks from the beach is St. Mary's Orphanage?

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