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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is considered impossible for someone like Nailer?
(a) Working on a clipper ship.
(b) Leaving the neighborhood in which he is born.
(c) Becoming educated.
(d) Becoming supervisor of a crew.

2. Who is Sloth?
(a) Nailer's older sister.
(b) Nailer's supervisor.
(c) Nailer's crewgirl.
(d) Nailer's twin brother.

3. Why doesn't Nailer's father try to flee the storm?
(a) He is unconscious.
(b) He does not think the storm is too bad.
(c) He wants to die.
(d) His judgement is impaired by drugs.

4. What is one of the worse things that can happen to a member of the crew?
(a) To have Babi think they are too young to work.
(b) To be fired.
(c) To fall in the polluted water.
(d) To have their mask fall off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the few people who see Nailer react?

2. What happens when the duct suddenly squeaks and shakes?

3. To what does Nailer attribute his feelings about Bright Sands Beach?

4. Pima tells Nailer that everyone wants to be close to Nailer because____________.

5. Why does Nailer wear a mask?

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