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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these statements is false?
(a) The passengers have to throw all their possessions overboard.
(b) Celianne drowns with her baby.
(c) The male narrator helps Celianne deliver the baby.
(d) The passengers run out of food.

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

3. What is the color of Cèlianne's baby?
(a) Pink.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Purple.

4. What does the old man call the first narrator?
(a) Captain.
(b) Brother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Kompe.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. What is the connection between the old man and Cèlianne?
(a) Uncle and niece.
(b) Nothing; they are both passengers.
(c) Father and daughter.
(d) Neighbors.

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

11. Who said, "Now we will never be mistaken for Cubans?"
(a) A man on the boat.
(b) The old man.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) Celianne.

12. Why does the male narrator have to throw out his notebook?
(a) The pages are all written on and he has no more use for them.
(b) The other passengers think he is writing about them.
(c) They are trying to lighten the boat.
(d) He wants to be one with the sea; the notebook is preventing this.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Protestants see themselves as?

2. 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?"

3. What was the male narrator's radio show about?

4. Who did the male narrator leave behind in Haiti?

5. What is used as the sail of the boat?

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