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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tests did the first narrator take before leaving?
(a) Medical exams.
(b) University exams.
(c) Soldier exams.
(d) Bar exams.

2. Which of these statements is false?
(a) The passengers have to throw all their possessions overboard.
(b) The passengers run out of food.
(c) Celianne drowns with her baby.
(d) The male narrator helps Celianne deliver the baby.

3. How old is Celianne?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twelve.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Celianne's face scarred?

2. Why won't Celianne let go of her baby?

3. 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?"

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

5. What does the first narrator do when Celianne goes into labor?

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