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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beach: September 8, 1900.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?
(a) A child.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Vain.
(d) Short.

2. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Dread.
(c) The wind.
(d) The waves.

3. Where do Isaac and his family go on Sundays?
(a) Catholic church.
(b) The movies.
(c) Synagogue.
(d) The bathhouses.

4. Isaac believes in ___________.
(a) The Laws of Storms.
(b) The Providence of God.
(c) The Laws of Weather.
(d) Farmer's Wisdom.

5. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1895.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?

2. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?

3. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?

4. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?

5. How old is Isaac?

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