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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Captain Halsey's ship?

2. General Hazen is in charge of what?

3. What college does Isaac attend?

4. What is the name of the newest member of Isaac's staff the summer of 1900?

5. Where does Moore recommend fishermen should remove their nets ahead of the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moore treat the weather forecasting being done in Cuba?

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

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

4. What might have saved thousands of lives in Galveston?

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

6. What does Isaac do for the U.S. Weather Bureau?

7. What is unusual about the summer of 1900 across the world?

8. What does Captain J. W. Simmons of the Pensacola experience after his ship leaves Galveston the morning of the hurricane?

9. What did the crew of Captain William Seymour's ship experience in the eye of a storm in 1837?

10. How is Isaac a reflection of the country at this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does weather play in the book, beyond representing the hurricane?

Essay Topic 2

How does Erik Larson present a more nuanced look at the Galveston hurricane than the one that is contained in the National Archives? What is the critical difference between the two?

Essay Topic 3

Was the hurricane truly Isaac's Storm? How much of the blame for the loss of life should lie at Isaac's feet?

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