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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Serpent's Coil.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?
(a) Closing.
(b) Researching.
(c) Forecasting.
(d) Recording.

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

3. How many people does the last paragraph of "The Beach" say will die in the next twenty-four hours?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 4,000.

4. Who is William Stockman?
(a) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(c) Ambassador to Cuba.
(d) U.S. forecast official in Havana.

5. In what field is Isaac a pioneer?
(a) Meteorology.
(b) Missionary work.
(c) Medical climatology.
(d) Military medicine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.

3. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.

4. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?

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

(see the answer key)

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