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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. Who takes over the scandal-ridden weather service in 1887?

2. Where did Isaac earn a college degree?

3. For what will the summer of 1900 be remembered?

4. What time does six-year-old Isaac get up to start his chores?

5. Where the Americans see numbers in relation to weather, the Cubans see ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Isaac's childhood like?

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

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

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

5. What characteristics do they know in 1900 that all hurricanes have in common?

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

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

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

9. Why does Isaac believe that no storm could harm Galveston?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

What are the greater truths found in the smallest details of the story? Use specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

How does Isaac embody the American spirit in 1900? Is this a favorable portrait of the country? Do you think Isaac accurately represents America in 1900?

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