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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) Throwing the dead baby in the water.
(b) Singing songs.
(c) Throwing possessions overboard.
(d) Applying tar to patch holes in the boat.

2. Who said, "Gossip spreads here like everywhere else"?
(a) The old man.
(b) The male narrator.
(c) A woman on the boat.
(d) Celianne.

3. What does the first narrator say the sea smells like?
(a) Salt.
(b) Death.
(c) Every fish you have ever eaten.
(d) Vomit.

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

5. What is the connection between the old man and Cèlianne?
(a) Uncle and niece.
(b) Nothing; they are both passengers.
(c) Father and daughter.
(d) Neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

2. What tests did the first narrator take before leaving?

3. Why do the passengers choose the name Swiss?

4. What do the Protestants see themselves as?

5. Who says, "Maybe we will go to Guinin, to live with the spirits, to be with everyone who has come and has died before us?"

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