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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 happened to the male narrator's mother the last time he saw her?
(a) She was killed by soldiers
(b) His mother is in the boat with him.
(c) She fainted as he was sailing away.
(d) His mother died in childbirth.

2. What is used as the sail of the boat?
(a) Tarps.
(b) They have no sail.
(c) Sheets.
(d) Shirts sewn together.

3. Why is the first narrator grateful there are no children on the boat?
(a) They would add too much weight.
(b) He could not bear their complaints or cries.
(c) They would remind him of the despair they are struggling against.
(d) They do not understand oppression, therefore their presence is not validated.

4. Why won't Celianne let go of her baby?
(a) She will start crying otherwise.
(b) No one will hold the baby for her.
(c) Celianne does not have a baby.
(d) The baby is all she has.

5. Which of these statements is false?
(a) The passengers run out of food.
(b) Celianne drowns with her baby.
(c) The passengers have to throw all their possessions overboard.
(d) The male narrator helps Celianne deliver the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the male narrator afraid might attract sharks?

2. Why is Celianne's face scarred?

3. Why does the male narrator feign nausea?

4. Fill in the blanks: "Someone says, Krik? You answer _______."

5. Who says, "The sea in that spot is like the sharks that live there. It has no mercy?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the soldiers' visit to Madan Roger's house lead to her death?

2. How do the passengers spend time on the boat?

3. Why is the first narrator happy there are no children on board?

4. What do they name Celianne's child? What does the male narrator say about naming a child? What does this contrast tell us?

5. Describe the background between Manman and the narrator's father. How does this mirror his expectations for his daughter?

6. What happens at the airport? How does this tie to what the female narrator says about hope?

7. Describe the internal conflict of humanity vs. survival on the boat. What do the passengers choose to overlook? As their situation becomes more dire, what conflicts arise between them?

8. Describe the conditions on the boat.

9. How do the two houses the female narrator lives in differ?

10. Describe the male narrators life before he fled Haiti. What did the male narrator do?

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