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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the male narrator afraid might attract sharks?
(a) Applying tar to patch holes in the boat.
(b) Throwing the dead baby in the water.
(c) Singing songs.
(d) Throwing possessions overboard.

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

3. What does the male narrator ask of his lover?
(a) Not to marry a soldier.
(b) To have the courage to tell her father about their relationship.
(c) To always voice her beliefs, no matter the consequence.
(d) Not to wait for him, as he may die in his effort to escape.

4. Why is Celianne's face scarred?
(a) It is a family ritual.
(b) She got in a fight with another passenger.
(c) She was in prison.
(d) To disguise her identity.

5. What does the first narrator write of the sea?
(a) All of these.
(b) It is endless.
(c) The smell.
(d) That he may be a child of the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first narrator say lies beyond the mountains?

2. Who is Agwé?

3. What spirit does the male narrator say he has to throw his remaining possessions over to?

4. Why doesn't Celianne's baby cry?

5. What does the male narrator say has finally made him an African?

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