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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. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?
(a) 11:30 a.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 2:30 p.m.
(d) 4:30 p.m.

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

3. According to Dr. Young, the storm would first move ___________ because cyclones always do.
(a) Northeast.
(b) Northwest.
(c) Southwest.
(d) Southwest.

4. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?
(a) Daniel Day Lewis.
(b) Willem Defoe.
(c) William Dampier.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isaac meet his wife?

2. Whose birthday does eight-year-old Henry Cortes come to Galveston to celebrate the day of the storm?

3. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?

4. Which direction is the water flowing through Galveston during the storm?

5. Who is Willis Moore?

(see the answer key)

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