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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. Why does Pima hand Nailer a knife?
(a) To cut off a diamond necklace a dead girl is wearing.
(b) To cut off the fingers of the girl to get her rings.
(c) To dig out the diamond stud in the girl's nose.
(d) To make sure the girl is dead.

2. What does Nailer decide to do to save himself?
(a) Strip off his clothes.
(b) Make a deal with Sloth.
(c) Bang a hole to drain the oil.
(d) Dive down into the oil.

3. What does Nailer watch as he lies down outside the tanker after work?
(a) An eagle hovering.
(b) Clipper ships streaming across the water.
(c) His brother rolling wire.
(d) A dragonfly alighting on a water lily.

4. How does Nailer mark Lucky Girl?
(a) With blood on her tongue.
(b) With blood on her face.
(c) He does not mark her as it would devalue her.
(d) With a tatto of blue ink on her palm.

5. Who is Tool?
(a) The island's only cop.
(b) A monstrous half man.
(c) Richard's second in command.
(d) The man who started Richard on drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bapi do to Sloth?

2. After how much use is the mask supposed to be discarded?

3. Where do they find bodies?

4. Where is Nailer feeling pain the next morning?

5. Why does Nailer wear a mask?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nailer feel when he sees Sadns emerging from the woods with his father?

2. What type of mask does Nailer wear and who checks in with Nailer occasionally?

3. What does the girl ask Nailer when she wakes and what is his reaction?

4. What does Nailer do and what is the work like?

5. What is Nailer's solution to not trusting the girl they rescue?

6. What are the drawbacks to trying to salvage the clipper themselves?

7. What does Nailer think about clipper ships?

8. Why do the children work so hard when Bapi appears?

9. How does Nailer get out of the oil and the ship?

10. How does Nailer feel about Richard, and what saves Nailer from a beating when he gets home after his oil experience?

(see the answer keys)

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