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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. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:
(a) Gambling.
(b) Robbing banks.
(c) Extreme filth.
(d) Taking nude photos.

2. How old is Isaac's brother, Joseph?
(a) 34.
(b) 42.
(c) 29.
(d) 38.

3. Growing up, Isaac loves to read books by ____________.
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) George Eliot.

4. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Utah.
(d) Savannah.

5. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Barometer.
(b) Thermometer.
(c) Wind speed.
(d) Tidal chart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?

2. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?

3. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?

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

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

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