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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Her Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the male narrator say he would name his child if it were born at sea?
(a) Hope or faith, after his plight.
(b) Sun, moon, or star, after the elements.
(c) Hunger or Thirst, after his pain.
(d) Freedom or liberty, after his journey.

2. What happened at the airport?
(a) None of the above.
(b) They arrested and/or shot people waiting for the president's return.
(c) The president came back and regained his power.
(d) The president was assassinated.

3. What does the female narrator hear over the radio at the end of the story?
(a) Her boyfriend's voice.
(b) A boat sank off the coast of the Bahamas.
(c) The new president is back.
(d) A boat was intercepted by the coast guard.

4. Fill in the blanks. "Sometimes you have to choose between _________ and _________."
(a) Your mother and your father.
(b) Liberty and death.
(c) Freedom and safety.
(d) Your father and the man you love.

5. What do the passengers use to cut Cèlianne's umbilical cord?
(a) A razor.
(b) A Swiss Army knife.
(c) A paring knife.
(d) A switchblade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Celianne's baby?

2. Who says, "Maybe the world is flat and we are going to find out, like the navigators of old?"

3. Who says, "it had happened before all over this country and tonight it will happen again and there is nothing we can do?"

4. With what do they patch the hole with at the bottom of the boat?

5. How does the story end?

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