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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 no one take seriously about Sloth?
(a) Her orders.
(b) Her desire to marry a wealthy captain.
(c) Her dream to command a crew.
(d) Her wanting to crawl in the ducts.

2. Why has Bapi cancelled the next day's work?
(a) A storm is coming in.
(b) Nailer can heal.
(c) There is a festival.
(d) The accountant can catch up with the inventory.

3. Where do they find bodies?
(a) Mostly in the harbor around the pier poles.
(b) In tree limbs and on the shore.
(c) They do not find any since they were washed out to sea.
(d) Mostly still in the peoples' homes.

4. Why does Nailer mark where he has ended his scavenge?
(a) So he can keep track of his pay.
(b) So others will leave it alone.
(c) So he will not waste time going back down the same tunnel.
(d) So he will find the end the next day.

5. Who is Jackson Boy?
(a) Bapi's son.
(b) Sloth's brother.
(c) Nailer's best friend who works on the tanker next to theirs.
(d) A scavenger who gets lost inside a ship and dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Pima and Nailer survive the winds and rain?

2. What does Nailer decide to do to save himself?

3. What does Pima do despite gagging?

4. What does Nailer tell Sloth?

5. How is Nailer seeing what he is doing?

(see the answer key)

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