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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the winds of the tropical storm suddenly weaken, causing forecasters to miscalculate the intensity and path of the storm?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Key West.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Cuba.

2. What does Moore ban from Cuba?
(a) Cigars.
(b) Telegrams about weather.
(c) Hurricane warnings.
(d) Scientists from studying in America.

3. What is the name of the tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain on the Texas coast in 1979?
(a) Corinne.
(b) Camille.
(c) Claudette.
(d) Catherine.

4. Who correctly predicts the hurricane in Cuba?
(a) Father Vine.
(b) Father Gangoite.
(c) William Stockman.
(d) Col. Dunwoody.

5. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Galveston Civic Center.
(c) Washington.
(d) Galveston YMCA.

6. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?
(a) Sound.
(b) Restless.
(c) Light.
(d) Insomniac.

7. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

8. The barometer reading Joseph takes the night before the storm is ____________.
(a) Rising.
(b) Under 28.
(c) Over 30.
(d) Falling.

9. Who coined the word "cyclone" to describe hurricane damage?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Col. William Read.
(c) Isaac Cline.
(d) Henry Piddington.

10. What immigrant group makes up one-third of the Galveston population in 1889?
(a) Jews.
(b) Caribbean islanders.
(c) Irish.
(d) Germans.

11. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?
(a) A child.
(b) Short.
(c) Vain.
(d) Ugly.

12. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Jules Verne.
(d) George Eliot.

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

14. In what field is Isaac a pioneer?
(a) Medical climatology.
(b) Missionary work.
(c) Military medicine.
(d) Meteorology.

15. How long is the letter William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody the day before the hurricane?
(a) 1 page.
(b) 18 pages.
(c) 10 pages.
(d) 5 pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.

2. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?

3. According to Dr. Young, the storm would first move ___________ because cyclones always do.

4. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?

5. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?

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