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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do some of the occupants of the second train go to ride out the storm?
(a) Trestle bridge.
(b) Grain silo.
(c) Lighthouse.
(d) Steam ship.

2. Monagan describes the first night they spend in Galveston bay as one of ______________.
(a) Horrible sights.
(b) Horrible smells.
(c) Horrible sounds.
(d) Horrible dreams.

3. What is the name of Louise's best friend who lives across the street?
(a) Martha.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Megan.
(d) Mary.

4. When does Moore contend the hurricane warning flags were raised in Galveston?
(a) Saturday morning.
(b) Friday morning.
(c) Friday afternoon.
(d) Saturday afternoon.

5. What is the name of Louise Hopkins oldest brother?
(a) Monroe.
(b) Morris.
(c) Mason.
(d) Mark.

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

7. What causes so many children at the orphanage to die?
(a) Clotheslines.
(b) Debris.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Lightening.

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

9. What does Louise Hopkins think the walls in house look like they doing?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Growing.
(c) Disintegrating.
(d) Crumbling.

10. What destroys Isaac's house during the storm?
(a) A buggy.
(b) A boat.
(c) A trestle.
(d) A train car.

11. What does a strong wind topple over on New Year's Eve 1900?
(a) Captain Simmons' docked ship.
(b) The light atop the Eiffel Tower.
(c) A stone at Stonehenge.
(d) A brick from the leaning tower of Pisa.

12. Where do they find Cora Cline's body?
(a) 25th and Q.
(b) 28th and P.
(c) 23rd and Q.
(d) 22nd and P.

13. What Galveston landmark does Captain Simmons see first after the hurricane?
(a) The convent.
(b) The Strand.
(c) Lighthouse.
(d) Grain elevator.

14. How does Joseph get a message to the Weather Bureau as the storm hits Galveston?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Currier.
(c) Carrier pigeon.
(d) Telegraph.

15. What is the name of Isaac's youngest daughter?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Esther.
(d) Rosemary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that they evacuate the Cline house for higher ground?

2. How many blocks from his house does Isaac's raft finally run aground?

3. How many men are eating at Ritter's Cafe and Saloon when the roof falls?

4. What day do they find Cora Cline's body?

5. What saves the life of Dr. Young's wife?

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