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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Maybe it's like you've always said. I imagine too much?"
(a) Agwe.
(b) The second narrator.
(c) Celianne.
(d) The first narrator.

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

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

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

5. What was the male narrator's radio show about?
(a) Psychiatry/ Counseling
(b) Upcoming bands and new releases.
(c) Political talk and current events.
(d) Popular music.

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

7. Why do the other people on the boat offer to take care of the baby for Celianne?
(a) There is no baby on the boat.
(b) The baby is in fact dead and is beginning to smell.
(c) The baby will not stop crying in Celianne's arms and is beginning to annoy the rest of the passengers.
(d) Celianne needs to rest; she is exhausted from delivering the baby.

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

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

10. How old does the male narrator originally think Celianne is?
(a) Twelve or thirteen.
(b) Nineteen or twenty.
(c) Fifteen or sixteen.
(d) Seventeen or eighteen.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first narrator say the sea smells like?

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

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

4. What is the setting the first narrator is in?

5. What do the passengers name Cèlianne's baby?

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