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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Isaac receives conflicting reports about the storm's intensity from where?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Washington.
(d) Florida.

4. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
(a) Physician.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Anthropologist.
(d) Geologist.

5. Where do the American forecasters think the storm is headed?
(a) Texas coastline.
(b) Atlantic coast.
(c) Out to sea.
(d) Haiti.

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

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

8. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?
(a) Miami hurricane.
(b) Denver heat wave.
(c) Los Angeles blizzard.
(d) New York City blizzard.

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

10. Where is Isaac sent to set up a weather station in Texas?
(a) Fort Sumter.
(b) Midland.
(c) Fort Concho.
(d) San Angelo.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Tremont.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Driskoll.
(d) Strand.

15. What could Isaac feel the night before the storm?
(a) Dread.
(b) The waves.
(c) The wind.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?

3. Roofs in Galveston are shingled in ___________.

4. What does Moore ban from Cuba?

5. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:

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