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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Now we will never be mistaken for Cubans?"
(a) Celianne.
(b) The male narrator.
(c) The old man.
(d) A man on the boat.

2. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?
(a) Catholic.
(b) They are not religious.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Voodoo.

3. Why does the male narrator have to throw out his notebook?
(a) The other passengers think he is writing about them.
(b) The pages are all written on and he has no more use for them.
(c) They are trying to lighten the boat.
(d) He wants to be one with the sea; the notebook is preventing this.

4. Who is the male narrator referring to in these sentences: "They say the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. I have never been given very much. What was there to take away?"
(a) His family.
(b) The government.
(c) Radio Six.
(d) The Protestants on the boat.

5. Who are the main characters in the story?
(a) Krik and Krack.
(b) Celianne and Edwidge.
(c) The two narrators; they are not named.
(d) Edwidge and Danticat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between day and night in the boat?

2. What do the Protestants see themselves as?

3. What does the male narrator say he would name his child if it were born at sea?

4. Who says, "Do you think your money is worth anything to me here?"

5. Why is the first narrator grateful there are no children on the boat?

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