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

2. What is the male narrator afraid might happen once they get deep at sea?
(a) Getting a sunburn.
(b) Getting lost.
(c) Having nightmares.
(d) The narrator does not say.

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

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

5. What does the first narrator write of the sea?
(a) It is endless.
(b) All of these.
(c) The smell.
(d) That he may be a child of the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Celianne's baby cry?

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

3. What does the old man call the first narrator?

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

5. Why won't Celianne let go of her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the last time the male narrator saw his mother.

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

3. Describe the male narrator's interaction with the old man on the boat.

4. Describe the old man on the boat.

5. How do the two houses the female narrator lives in differ?

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

7. From the female narrator's words only, what do we know about the political situation in Haiti? What is happening to them daily? What institutions are closed?

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

9. Describe the relationship between the two narrators.

10. What does the young man on the boat have to prove that he is a political refugee? Why is it necessary to have these things?

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