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

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

3. What is the wind speed that Captain Halsey records on his ship the day of the hurricane?
(a) 175 m.p.h.
(b) 100 m.p.h.
(c) 150 m.p.h.
(d) 125 m.p.h.

4. Who is Willis Moore?
(a) U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
(b) Mayor of Galveston.
(c) Minister of the First Methodist Church.
(d) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

5. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Isaac?

2. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?

3. Col. William Sterett is a writer for which newspaper?

4. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?

5. What is the name of Captain Halsey's ship?

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