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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. How old is Isaac?
(a) 38.
(b) 29.
(c) 34.
(d) 42.

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

3. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?
(a) Hail.
(b) Rain.
(c) Storms.
(d) Wind.

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

5. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Natural disasters.
(b) Violence.
(c) Hot weather.
(d) Tornados.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?

2. Who is Willis Moore?

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

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

5. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?

(see the answer key)

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