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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. The second train headed to Galveston the day of the storm is coming from where?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Houston.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Beaumont.

2. What kind of vessel does Monagan commandeer to get to Galveston after the storm?
(a) Canoe.
(b) Steamship.
(c) Yacht.
(d) Schooner.

3. What destroys Isaac's house during the storm?
(a) A train car.
(b) A trestle.
(c) A buggy.
(d) A boat.

4. An easterly wind converges over the ________ in the early weeks of August 1900.
(a) Amazon.
(b) Gobi.
(c) Sahara.
(d) Pacific.

5. According to Zebrowski, a hurricane can start with all these except one:
(a) The flutter of a butterfly's wings.
(b) A rain drop hitting a leaf.
(c) A plume of hot sea.
(d) A burst of heat from a gunnery drill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?

2. Isaac recognizes his wife's body from her _________.

3. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?

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

5. Where do they find Cora Cline's body?

(see the answer key)

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