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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) Ugly.
(b) Short.
(c) Vain.
(d) A child.

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

3. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?
(a) Temperature and barometric pressures.
(b) Climate change.
(c) Wave heights.
(d) Rainfall and wind speeds.

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

5. Who is Willis Moore?
(a) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(b) Minister of the First Methodist Church.
(c) Mayor of Galveston.
(d) U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

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

3. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?

4. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?

5. How old is Isaac?

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