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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 is the heart of the weather service?
(a) Forecasting.
(b) Wind measurements.
(c) The telegraph.
(d) The anemometer.

2. What is the name of the missing ship out of Tampa?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Olive.
(c) Alamo.
(d) Pensacola.

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

4. What is the name of Louise's best friend who lives across the street?
(a) Megan.
(b) Mary.
(c) Martha.
(d) Margaret.

5. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?
(a) The Strand destroyed.
(b) Ritter's Cafe roof collapse.
(c) A child drowning.
(d) Midway destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day does the train go to Galveston after no communication has been received from the city?

2. How many blocks from his house does Isaac's raft finally run aground?

3. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?

4. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?

5. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?

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