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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion does the first narrator belong to?
(a) Protestant.
(b) The narrator is not very religious.
(c) Voodoo.
(d) Catholic.

2. Why does Cèlianne wake up screaming the first time?
(a) She has a bad dream.
(b) She sees water leaking into the boat.
(c) She sees a shark.
(d) She is in labor.

3. Who says, "It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you?"
(a) The captain.
(b) The male narrator.
(c) The old man.
(d) It does not specify.

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

5. With what do they patch the hole with at the bottom of the boat?
(a) Cloth.
(b) The sole of a shoe.
(c) Paper.
(d) Tar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these appear in the first narrator's dream?

2. What is the relationship between the two narrators?

3. Why do the passengers choose the name Swiss?

4. Which of these statements is true?

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

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