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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is best at stripping wires from ancient tankers?
(a) Anyone who wants good money.
(b) Strong men.
(c) Small children.
(d) Trained dogs.

2. Why do the children work so hard when Bapi comes around?
(a) So he will keep them on the crew.
(b) So they will not be made to swab the docks.
(c) So they will not be docked any pay.
(d) So they will not be sent to the children's protection league.

3. What shocks Nailer and Pima when they are on board the clipper?
(a) The value of objects on board.
(b) The way the ship shifts.
(c) The dead bodies.
(d) The smell.

4. How do the few people who see Nailer react?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Horror.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Anger.

5. What does Nailer feel as he propels himself out of the water?
(a) Sorrow that he would not benefit from the oil.
(b) Fondness for all the things going on in his little world.
(c) Anger at Sloth.
(d) Disgust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sloth?

2. How is Nailer seeing what he is doing?

3. Who is Bapi?

4. What has Lucky Strike offered others until ship breaking begins?

5. How many dives does it take Nailer to open the door?

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