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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nailer watch as he lies down outside the tanker after work?
(a) A dragonfly alighting on a water lily.
(b) An eagle hovering.
(c) Clipper ships streaming across the water.
(d) His brother rolling wire.

2. Who is Bapi?
(a) The accountant.
(b) The crew boss.
(c) The dock foreman.
(d) The beat cop.

3. What do Nailer and Pima find in the engineering room?
(a) A drowned dog.
(b) Two dead men.
(c) A live dog.
(d) Three drowned half men.

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

5. How does Nailer explain why he took so long to get what he gathered?
(a) He scratched his eye.
(b) Nothing is left close to the surface.
(c) He hurt his back.
(d) His mask was malfunctioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pima do despite gagging?

2. What happens when Nailer presses the knife against the rich girl?

3. What does Bapi do to Sloth?

4. Why is Nailer hesitant about seeing Richard?

5. Why is it maddening to Nailer that he may die?

(see the answer key)

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