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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?
(a) Catholic.
(b) They are not religious.
(c) Voodoo.
(d) Protestant.

3. What does the male narrator say are the only newborn babies he has ever seen?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Baby mice.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Celianne's baby.

4. Who says they see a coast guard boat coming?
(a) The male narrator.
(b) The old man.
(c) The captain.
(d) Celianne.

5. What is the gender of the first narrator?
(a) Male.
(b) Female.
(c) It does not say.
(d) Transgender.

6. 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) At night it is cold and the sea and sky are one.
(c) The sun is up during the day; at night the sun sets.
(d) All of these.

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

8. Who did the male narrator leave behind in Haiti?
(a) His father and brother.
(b) His girlfriend and his mother.
(c) His brother and sister.
(d) His parents only.

9. Who is the first narrator referring to in this sentence? "She is short and speaks in a singsong that reminds me of the villages of the north."
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) Celianne.
(c) His mother.
(d) Celianne's child.

10. What was the male narrator's last memory of his mother?
(a) At home making dinner.
(b) Waving goodbye at the port.
(c) Giving him money for his trip.
(d) Her fainting by the ocean.

11. Why won't Celianne let go of her baby?
(a) The baby is all she has.
(b) She will start crying otherwise.
(c) Celianne does not have a baby.
(d) No one will hold the baby for her.

12. What was the name given to the Radio group the male narrator belonged to?
(a) Radio Six.
(b) Radio Haiti.
(c) Radio One.
(d) Radio Seven.

13. Which of these statements is true?
(a) The male narrator is from Cuba originally.
(b) The captain sacrifices himself for the rest of the passengers.
(c) Haitians are not treated well in the Bahamas
(d) Cèlianne is the narrator's sister.

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

15. Why do the passengers choose the name Swiss?
(a) For the knife they used to cut the umbilical cord.
(b) Because they were trying to survive on rations of cheese.
(c) Because of the ethnicity of Celianne.
(d) Because Celianne dreamed of going to Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Maybe the world is flat and we are going to find out, like the navigators of old?"

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

3. Why does Cèlianne wake up screaming the first time?

4. What does the male narrator pray for?

5. What does the male narrator ask of his lover?

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