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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Strange News.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did the first train of the day arrive in Galveston during the hurricane?
(a) 11:30 a.m.
(b) 1:15 p.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

2. How many days does it take Isaac to get back to work after the hurricane?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

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

4. How do the soldiers at Fort San Jacinto signal for help during the storm?
(a) Flags.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Guns.
(d) Cannons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Young notes that all the signs are present for a _____________ the days before the hurricane.

2. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?

3. When does Moore contend the hurricane warning flags were raised in Galveston?

4. What does Joseph use against the man who is pushing the children away from him on the raft?

5. What does Louise Hopkins think the walls in house look like they doing?

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