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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 was the name given to the Radio group the male narrator belonged to?
(a) Radio One.
(b) Radio Six.
(c) Radio Haiti.
(d) Radio Seven.

2. Why does Cèlianne wake up screaming the first time?
(a) She has a bad dream.
(b) She sees a shark.
(c) She is in labor.
(d) She sees water leaking into the boat.

3. Which of these does not appear in the male narrator's dream?
(a) Mermaids.
(b) His girlfriend's family.
(c) Starfish.
(d) Priests.

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

5. Celianne gives birth to:
(a) A boy.
(b) A baby girl.
(c) Nothing; it was a false labor.
(d) Celianne was never pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What specifically does the male narrator say about soldiers?

3. What religion does the first narrator belong to?

4. Which of these statements is false?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the old man on the boat.

2. What does the female narrator's father say about self-preservation that disturbs Manman?

3. Describe Ville Rose. Why is it special for the female narrator?

4. Describe the background between Manman and the narrator's father. How does this mirror his expectations for his daughter?

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

6. At what point does the female narrator's father feel hurt? What internal struggles seem to prevent him from reaching out?

7. 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?

8. Describe the conflict between the female narrator's parents.

9. What happens to the male narrator when he tries to sing?

10. What is the male narrator's last memory of his mother? How do you think this affects him?

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