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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Cataclysm.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Omens.
(d) Poetry.

3. Where does Isaac meet his wife?
(a) Train.
(b) College.
(c) Work.
(d) Church.

4. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?
(a) 7.3.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.2.
(d) 8.7.

5. What is the date at the opening of the book?
(a) September 7, 1901.
(b) September 7, 1900.
(c) September 9, 1900.
(d) September 8, 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is London hit with a devastating cyclone?

2. Where does August Rollfing ride out the storm?

3. Rabbi Cohen is known throughout Galveston as a __________________.

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

5. Where does the storm reach on August 31?

(see the answer key)

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