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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Do you think your money is worth anything to me here?"
(a) A woman on the boat.
(b) The old man.
(c) Celianne.
(d) The captain.

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

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

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

5. What tests did the first narrator take before leaving?
(a) Bar exams.
(b) University exams.
(c) Soldier exams.
(d) Medical exams.

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

7. What does the first narrator say the sea smells like?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Salt.
(c) Death.
(d) Every fish you have ever eaten.

8. 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) Celianne.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His mother.
(d) Celianne's child.

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

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

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

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

13. Why does the male narrator refer to Agwé?
(a) Because he has to throw his possessions overboard.
(b) Because Agwe is the captain.
(c) Because Agwe talks to him
(d) Because Agwe will protect him.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first narrator do when Celianne goes into labor?

2. Why does the male narrator leave Haiti?

3. What was the name given to the Radio group the male narrator belonged to?

4. Why is Celianne's face scarred?

5. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?

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