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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the soldiers make Celianne's brother do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Pledge allegiance to the Haitian government.
(c) Impregnate Celianne.
(d) Rape his own mother.

2. What does the male narrator remember about Miami?
(a) The narrator can't remember anything about Miami.
(b) They speak Spanish there.
(c) There are many opportunities for Haitians in Miami.
(d) It is sunny and doesn't snow.

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

4. Why is the young man on the boat fleeing for a second time?
(a) He needs proper medical care for his leg.
(b) He is a drug runner and the police are after him.
(c) He escaped once but was brought back by the Coast Guard.
(d) He is actually a U.S. citizen.

5. What do the Protestants see themselves as?
(a) Job or the Children of Israel.
(b) Adam and Eve.
(c) Sodom and Gomorrh.
(d) Noah's Ark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says they see a coast guard boat coming?

2. 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?"

3. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?

4. What is odd about Celianne's baby?

5. What do the passengers use to cut Cèlianne's umbilical cord?

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