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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. General Hazen is in charge of what?
(a) U.S. Signal Corps.
(b) U.S. Army.
(c) U.S. Weather Bureau.
(d) U.S. Department of Agriculture.

2. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

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

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

5. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1893.

6. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Temperature and barometric pressures.
(c) Rainfall and wind speeds.
(d) Wave heights.

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

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

9. What college does Isaac attend?
(a) Abilene Christian College.
(b) Hiwassee College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Vassar College.

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

11. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Thunderstorm.
(c) Tsunami.
(d) Sand storm.

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

13. Growing up, Isaac loves to read books by ____________.
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Jules Verne.

14. How old is Isaac's brother, Joseph?
(a) 42.
(b) 34.
(c) 29.
(d) 38.

15. How many storms are there in the hurricane season before Galveston?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.

2. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?

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

4. Where did Isaac grow up?

5. What kind of sleeper is Isaac?

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