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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. On what does Louisa Rollfing's family make a final payment?
(a) Horse.
(b) Farm.
(c) Piano.
(d) House.

2. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?
(a) Fort Concho.
(b) Midland.
(c) San Angelo.
(d) Fort Sumter.

3. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?
(a) Caribbean islanders.
(b) Germans.
(c) Jews.
(d) Irish.

4. What does Moore ban from Cuba?
(a) Telegrams about weather.
(b) Hurricane warnings.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Scientists from studying in America.

5. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Jules Verne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the wind speed that Captain Halsey records on his ship the day of the hurricane?

3. What is the name of the missing ship out of Tampa?

4. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?

5. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?

(see the answer key)

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