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

2. Who says, "It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you?"
(a) It does not specify.
(b) The captain.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) The old man.

3. Why is the young man on the boat fleeing for a second time?
(a) He escaped once but was brought back by the Coast Guard.
(b) He is actually a U.S. citizen.
(c) He is a drug runner and the police are after him.
(d) He needs proper medical care for his leg.

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

5. How old is Celianne?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does the first narrator belong to?

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

3. What was the name given to the Radio group the male narrator belonged to?

4. What is the male narrator afraid might happen once they get deep at sea?

5. Why does the male narrator refer to Agwé?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What apology does the narrator's father give to her after their fight? Does it work?

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

5. What do they name Celianne's child? What does the male narrator say about naming a child? What does this contrast tell us?

6. Why is the first narrator happy there are no children on board?

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

8. How do the passengers spend time on the boat?

9. What does the male narrator ponder regarding gender?

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

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