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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?
(a) Forecasting.
(b) Researching.
(c) Recording.
(d) Closing.

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Utah.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Missouri.

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

8. On what street do Isaac and his family live in Galveston?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Orchard Avenue.
(c) Avenue Q.
(d) Miles Street.

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

10. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?
(a) Violence.
(b) Hot weather.
(c) Tornados.
(d) Natural disasters.

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

12. How many cyclones has Captain Halsey survived?
(a) Two.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

13. Weather service stations are accused of doing all but one of the following:
(a) Extreme filth.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Taking nude photos.
(d) Robbing banks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joseph come to Galveston to be?

2. What is the heart of the weather service?

3. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?

4. Where do the American forecasters think the storm is headed?

5. For whom does Isaac record weather?

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