Isaac's Storm

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is the strongest example of the theme of The Effects of Politics on Severe Weather?

A) The US Weather Bureau is transferred to the Department of Agriculture.

B) Moore dispatches Dunwoody to Havana to undermine the Cuban forecasters.

C) The US Weather Bureau heeds the Cuban meteorologist’s warning about the storm.

D) Isaac gives a speech at the local YMCA claiming that a devastating hurricane is unlikely to ever ravage Galveston.

2. Which of the following best states what the repeated references to the barometer’s readings symbolize?

A) The true severity of the approaching storm

B) The triumph of scientific understanding over nature

C) The cowardice of the US Weather Bureau

D) Isaac’s stubborn denial that hurricanes are dangerous

3. What object metaphorically represents the loss of innocence caused by the storm?

A) Ritter’s Café

B) The collapse of the bathhouses

C) The death of Joseph’s dog

D) The rocking horse

4. What is notable about Dr. Samuel O. Young?

A) He is a meteorology enthusiast and realizes Galveston is in danger before Isaac admits it.

B) He is the secretary of Galveston’s Cotton Exchange and keeps quiet about the storm to increase profits.

C) Unlike most of Galveston’s inhabitants, he is excited about the approaching storm.