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

2. What type of clipper ship is the one they board?
(a) Personal.
(b) Business.
(c) Pirate.
(d) Government.

3. What does Pima start thinking about immediately after seeing the clipper ship?
(a) Working on it.
(b) Re-floating it.
(c) What he'll do with the wealth.
(d) Keeping it secret and scavenging it.

4. What happens when the duct suddenly squeaks and shakes?
(a) A huge spool of wire falls out of the duct.
(b) It deafens Nailer.
(c) It falls into a thick pool of dark liquid.
(d) The duct fills with poisonous vapors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Nailer's father try to flee the storm?

2. What worries Nailer?

3. What does Nailer feel as he propels himself out of the water?

4. What does Sadna pull from Nailer's skull?

5. What is the first thing Nailer and Pima do?

(see the answer key)

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