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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Omens.
(d) Disaster.

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

3. What is Isaac sent to Arkansas to study?
(a) Bats.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Ants.
(d) Locusts.

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

5. What is the name of the newest member of Isaac's staff the summer of 1900?
(a) Joseph Cline.
(b) Willis Moore.
(c) Harry Baldwin.
(d) John Blagden.

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

7. In what city does the temperature hit 100.6 on August 11, 1900?
(a) New York City.
(b) Portland.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Atlanta.

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

9. Besides being an amateur meteorologist, Dr. Young is also _____________.
(a) Secretary of the Cotton Exchange.
(b) Professor at the local college.
(c) Mayor of Galveston.
(d) Town doctor.

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

11. The Friday before the hurricane brings what?
(a) Strong wind.
(b) Rough seas.
(c) Cooler weather.
(d) Torrential rain.

12. Where does the storm reach on August 31?
(a) Gulf of Mexico.
(b) Caribbean Sea.
(c) Florida.
(d) Puerto Rico.

13. What does Isaac raise late the morning of the hurricane?
(a) Weather advisory flag.
(b) Storm warning flag.
(c) Hurricane flag.
(d) Clear skies flag.

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

15. Who is William Stockman?
(a) Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Ambassador to Cuba.
(c) Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
(d) U.S. forecast official in Havana.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?

2. Isaac believes in ___________.

3. In what field is Isaac a pioneer?

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

5. How old is Isaac?

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