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

2. What ironic numbers does the Galveston News report the morning of the hurricane?
(a) New births.
(b) Death rate.
(c) Life span rate.
(d) U.S. census numbers.

3. Whom did Isaac tell he was afraid that he may have underestimated the storm?
(a) Credo.
(b) Cora.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Joseph.

4. Where does Captain Halsey temporarily dock the Louisiana after the storm?
(a) Key West.
(b) Galveston.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) New Orleans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Louise's best friend who lives across the street?

2. What does Joseph use against the man who is pushing the children away from him on the raft?

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

4. Which direction is the water flowing through Galveston during the storm?

5. Who lives in Louise's boarding house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Isaac handle Moore's lies and distortion of the truth about how the Weather Bureau handled the hurricane?

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

4. What happens to the second train headed to Galveston the day of the storm?

5. What is John Blagden experiencing during the storm?

6. What does Dr. Young experience as darkness falls on Galveston?

7. What is the first event that causes Galveston residents to begin to take the storm seriously?

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

9. How does the mood change on the train with members of the military and other people from Houston as it gets closer to Galveston?

10. How does Galveston handle the overwhelming number of dead bodies?

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