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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What spirit does the male narrator say he has to throw his remaining possessions over to?
(a) Zeus, the spirit of the sun.
(b) Gali, the spirit of hope.
(c) Agwe, the spirit of the water.
(d) Vishnu, the spirit of the sky.

3. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?
(a) "Like royalty."
(b) "Like dogs."
(c) "Like prisoners."
(d) "Like slaves."

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

5. What do the passengers use to cut Cèlianne's umbilical cord?
(a) A Swiss Army knife.
(b) A paring knife.
(c) A switchblade.
(d) A razor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does the first narrator say the sea is at night?

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

3. What did the first narrator like about the radio show?

4. Fill in the blanks: "Someone says, Krik? You answer _______."

5. What is the gender of the first narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the internal conflict of humanity vs. survival on the boat. What do the passengers choose to overlook? As their situation becomes more dire, what conflicts arise between them?

2. What bird do both of the narrators mention? In what way do each of them refer to it?

3. Describe the male narrator's reaction to Celianne going into labor. What does this reveal about the narrator?

4. What happens at the airport? How does this tie to what the female narrator says about hope?

5. Name the smells the male narrator talks about.

6. What do we find out about the female narrator's boyfriend from Manman? How does this mirror Manman's own life?

7. How does Madan Roger's behavior differ from that of the female narrator's family?

8. Describe the relationship between the two narrators.

9. Why does the female narrator's father stay at his brother's house? What character embodies this fear?

10. What separates the male narrator from the other passengers? How does he think differently? What does he do that the other passengers do not?

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