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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. How many other people are on the boat?
(a) Five.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty-six.

2. What is odd about Celianne's baby?
(a) Celianne did not have a baby.
(b) It screams constantly.
(c) It has no hair.
(d) It does not cry.

3. What did the first narrator like about the radio show?
(a) Being a rebel.
(b) The freedom of speech.
(c) The narrator didn't like the radio show.
(d) The music.

4. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Protestant.
(d) They are not religious.

5. Which of these does not appear in the male narrator's dream?
(a) Priests.
(b) His girlfriend's family.
(c) Mermaids.
(d) Starfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the male narrator refer to Agwé?

2. What is the male narrator afraid might happen once they get deep at sea?

3. What does the male narrator pray for?

4. Where are the people on the boat sailing towards?

5. Why does the male narrator feign nausea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the male narrator's interaction with the old man on the boat.

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

3. What phrase do both the narrators use to describe their love for one another? How is this significant?

4. What does the young man on the boat have to prove that he is a political refugee? Why is it necessary to have these things?

5. Describe the conditions on the boat.

6. What obstacle must the female narrator's family overcome before they can leave the city? How do they fix this? How does this blur the lines of good/evil and friends/enemies in the narrative?

7. Describe Celianne.

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

9. What happens to the male narrator when he tries to sing?

10. How does the female narrator bathe in ville rose?

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