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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Isaac become obsessed with after an article he wrote is rejected?
(a) Hail.
(b) Rain.
(c) Storms.
(d) Wind.

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

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

5. What is the age of Isaac's oldest daughter at the opening of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date at the opening of the book?

2. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?

3. The storm begins with the awakening of ___________.

4. What country is leading the innovation in predicting hurricanes at the time of the story?

5. In what year did Galveston experience a big fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isaac compare the feeling to that he has on the night before the hurricane?

2. What is the butterfly effect?

3. How was weather recorded before the creation of the weather service?

4. What does the Galveston newspaper advertise as being the chic look for the summer of 1900?

5. What kind of man does the narrator describe Isaac to be?

6. Why is the final payment on the piano a significant accomplishment to Louisa Rollfing?

7. What is the purpose of the eighteen-page letter that William Stockman sends to Col. Dunwoody?

8. Why was the creation of the Weather Service controversial?

9. Describe the photograph taken of Isaac by New Orleans photographer.

10. What was Isaac's childhood like?

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