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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the passengers do to ease their nausea?
(a) Take turns rowing.
(b) Sing songs and tell stories.
(c) Take turns swimming next to the boat.
(d) None of the above.

2. Why does the male narrator feign nausea?
(a) His nausea is always real.
(b) He does not want to be seen crying.
(c) So he can write undisturbed.
(d) So he doesn't have to help Celianne with the baby.

3. Who is the father of Celianne's baby?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A forbidden lover.
(c) Celianne is not pregnant.
(d) She is not sure; she was raped.

4. What does the first narrator say lies beyond the mountains?
(a) Death.
(b) The sea.
(c) More mountains.
(d) Freedom.

5. What happened to the male narrator's mother the last time he saw her?
(a) She fainted as he was sailing away.
(b) His mother is in the boat with him.
(c) His mother died in childbirth.
(d) She was killed by soldiers

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you?"

2. How many other people are on the boat?

3. What does the first narrator write of the sea?

4. Who are the main characters in the story?

5. What is the connection between the old man and Cèlianne?

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