2. Tom L Monagan is sent to Galveston after the storm by _________________.
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Weather bureau.
(c) Governor.
(d) An insurance company.

3. Where do the Hopkins plan to go for safety?
(a) Isaac's house.
(b) Lighthouse.
(c) Across the street.
(d) YMCA.

4. The adults gathering at the beach use the following words to describe the storm except one.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Spectacular.
(c) Horrifying.
(d) Grand.

5. What day do they find Cora Cline's body?
(a) September 22.
(b) September 30.
(c) September 16.
(d) October 2.

6. What floats into the train station, causing the people waiting there to be alarmed for the first time?
(a) A hoard of rats.
(b) Body of a child.
(c) An empty boat.
(d) Body of a woman.

7. What piece of debris in the prairies outside of Galveston is particularly disturbing to Col. Sterett?
(a) A ship.
(b) A dead horse.
(c) A destroyed house.
(d) A rocking horse.

8. What is the thing that finally gets Galveston residents to take the storm seriously?
(a) Midway destroyed.
(b) The Strand destroyed.
(c) A child drowning.
(d) Ritter's Cafe roof collapse.

9. By what time is the water covering the first three blocks from the beach on the day of the storm?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 11:30 a.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 2:30 p.m.

10. How many days does it take Isaac to get back to work after the hurricane?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

11. What does Mrs. Hopkins plan to use as a raft?
(a) A tire.
(b) A wooden beam.
(c) A door.
(d) A mattress.

12. Whom does Isaac save from the floodwaters?
(a) Esther.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Ruby.

13. What time did the first train of the day arrive in Galveston during the hurricane?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 11:30 a.m.
(c) 1:15 p.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

14. What is the name of August Rollfing's sister?
(a) Allie May.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Julia.
(d) Cora.

15. The author quotes the following newspapers as commending the U.S. Weather Bureau's forecasting during the hurricane, except one:
(a) Inter-Ocean.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Buffalo Courier.
(d) Boston Herald.