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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 does Joseph use against the man who is pushing the children away from him on the raft?
(a) A knife.
(b) Metal pole.
(c) Broken glass.
(d) Splintered wood.

2. What is the name of the gentleman who leads people off the flooding second train?
(a) Poe.
(b) Poll.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Peabody.

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

4. Whose birthday does eight-year-old Henry Cortes come to Galveston to celebrate the day of the storm?
(a) His uncle's.
(b) His sister's.
(c) His aunt's.
(d) His grandmother's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What building does Isaac see is still intact after the hurricane?

2. Tom L Monagan is sent to Galveston after the storm by _________________.

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

4. What are the first casualties of the storm that the train from Houston encounters after the storm?

5. What does a strong wind topple over on New Year's Eve 1900?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Joseph want his telegram to the U.S. Weather Bureau chief be kept completely confidential?

2. What does Louise Hopkins' mother do when the water started to rise?

3. What are some of the misconceptions that Isaac and his colleagues have about hurricanes?

4. Why is it initially not alarming to have lost all telegraph communication with Galveston?

5. How do Joseph's and Isaac's accounts of the hurricane differ in tone?

6. In addition to the miracle of surviving the storm, what other miracle do Joseph and Isaac experience on the day of the hurricane?

7. How does Isaac write his official report about the hurricane?

8. What is John Blagden experiencing during the storm?

9. What happens to Isaac the day after the storm?

10. What is Col. William Sterett's experience as he enters Galveston?

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