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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between the two narrators?
(a) They are lovers.
(b) Father and daughter.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Friends.

3. What do the passengers use the tar for?
(a) As sunscreen.
(b) To help Celianne deliver the baby.
(c) To patch up holes in the boat.
(d) As fuel for the motor.

4. What does the male narrator say has finally made him an African?
(a) The fact he is fleeing his homeland.
(b) Being one with the sea.
(c) The sun beating down and constantly darkening his skin.
(d) Rowing a boat towards America.

5. How many holes does the first narrator mention the passengers patching up?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

6. Who says, "I see you crying like a crushed snail, the way you cried when I helped you pull out your first tooth?"
(a) Celianne.
(b) The male narrator's father.
(c) The first narrator.
(d) The male narrator's mother.

7. What do the passengers use to cut Cèlianne's umbilical cord?
(a) A switchblade.
(b) A Swiss Army knife.
(c) A razor.
(d) A paring knife.

8. Who scarred Cèlianne's face?
(a) Another passenger.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Celianne.
(d) Soldiers.

9. What does the male narrator try to buy from the women on board?
(a) Food.
(b) A keepsake.
(c) Paper.
(d) A hat.

10. What does the first narrator do when Celianne goes into labor?
(a) Helps her deliver the baby.
(b) Keeps bailing water out so the boat doesn't sink.
(c) Moves to the other end of the boat.
(d) Asks if anyone on the boat is a doctor.

11. What is the difference between day and night in the boat?
(a) During the day it is hot and sunny, the sea and the sky are separate.
(b) The sun is up during the day; at night the sun sets.
(c) All of these.
(d) At night it is cold and the sea and sky are one.

12. What does the male narrator ask of his lover?
(a) To have the courage to tell her father about their relationship.
(b) To always voice her beliefs, no matter the consequence.
(c) Not to marry a soldier.
(d) Not to wait for him, as he may die in his effort to escape.

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

14. Why is the first narrator grateful there are no children on the boat?
(a) They would add too much weight.
(b) He could not bear their complaints or cries.
(c) They do not understand oppression, therefore their presence is not validated.
(d) They would remind him of the despair they are struggling against.

15. 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) The Protestants on the boat.
(d) Radio Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the male narrator referring to when he says, "They're almost not human?"

2. Why does the male narrator leave Haiti?

3. Where are the people on the boat sailing towards?

4. What does the male narrator say are the only newborn babies he has ever seen?

5. What does the male narrator pray for?

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