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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the children work so hard when Bapi comes around?
(a) So they will not be made to swab the docks.
(b) So they will not be sent to the children's protection league.
(c) So he will keep them on the crew.
(d) So they will not be docked any pay.

2. Upon what is Nailer tugging?
(a) A copper wire.
(b) A burlap sack.
(c) A water pipe.
(d) A huge weed.

3. What do Nailer and Pima find in the engineering room?
(a) A drowned dog.
(b) A live dog.
(c) Two dead men.
(d) Three drowned half men.

4. What happens when the duct suddenly squeaks and shakes?
(a) It deafens Nailer.
(b) A huge spool of wire falls out of the duct.
(c) It falls into a thick pool of dark liquid.
(d) The duct fills with poisonous vapors.

5. What does Nailer hear when he leans forward closer to the rich girl?
(a) She is pleading for her life.
(b) She is praying.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She is breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nailer do to Lucky Girl with his knife?

2. How do Pima and Nailer survive the winds and rain?

3. What does Pyce seek?

4. What does the rich girl say her father will do?

5. Pima tells Nailer that everyone wants to be close to Nailer because____________.

(see the answer key)

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