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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specifically does the male narrator say about soldiers?
(a) They are acting in the best interest of the country.
(b) They make a lot of money.
(c) They are not human.
(d) His love should marry a soldier to protect her family.

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

3. Fill in the blanks: "Someone says, Krik? You answer _______."
(a) Tack!
(b) Bam!
(c) Black!
(d) Krak!

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

5. Who says, "Maybe the world is flat and we are going to find out, like the navigators of old?"
(a) Agwe.
(b) Celianne.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) The old man.

6. What is odd about Celianne's baby?
(a) It has no hair.
(b) Celianne did not have a baby.
(c) It does not cry.
(d) It screams constantly.

7. How old is the male narrator?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) It does not say.
(d) Around nineteen or twenty.

8. Who says, "The sea in that spot is like the sharks that live there. It has no mercy?"
(a) The old man.
(b) Agwe.
(c) Celianne.
(d) The male narrator.

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

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

11. Where are the people on the boat sailing towards?
(a) The United States.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Cuba.

12. What did the first narrator like about the radio show?
(a) The freedom of speech.
(b) Being a rebel.
(c) The narrator didn't like the radio show.
(d) The music.

13. Why is the young man on the boat fleeing for a second time?
(a) He is actually a U.S. citizen.
(b) He escaped once but was brought back by the Coast Guard.
(c) He is a drug runner and the police are after him.
(d) He needs proper medical care for his leg.

14. 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 is in labor.
(d) She sees a shark.

15. Why doesn't Celianne's baby cry?
(a) Because it is a good baby.
(b) Because Celianne throws it overboard after she delivers.
(c) Because the passengers take turns rocking it to sleep.
(d) Because it is stillborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the soldiers make Celianne's brother do?

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

3. Why does the male narrator feign nausea?

4. Who said, "Gossip spreads here like everywhere else"?

5. Why does the male narrator have to throw out his notebook?

(see the answer keys)

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