2. What does Nailer decide has to be done if he does not kill Lucky Girl?
(a) She will have to be handcuffed to him.
(b) She will have to swear a blood oath as a crew member.
(c) She will have to be turned over to Richard.
(d) She will have to be hidden in the jungle.

3. What would Richard be more than willing to do to claim the salvage?
(a) Kill all three children.
(b) Lie.
(c) Sell the three children into slavery.
(d) Give them three children a small pittance for their find.

4. What shocks Nailer when he emerges from the trees?
(a) The beach is swept empty.
(b) Despite the storm's ferocity, almost everything is still standing.
(c) Two of the tankers are completely beached.
(d) Most everyone is dead.

5. To what does Nailer attribute his feelings about Bright Sands Beach?
(a) His mother's feelings about it.
(b) His near death experience.
(c) His father's feelings about it.
(d) His possible bonus coming up.

6. What room does Nailer find as he is searching through the ship?
(a) A room of expensive electronics.
(b) A girl's cabin.
(c) A room of books.
(d) A room of trunks.

7. What does Pima do despite gagging?
(a) Pulls a dead man off the bow.
(b) Helps Nailer pull a dead woman out of one of the doorways.
(c) Digs through the pockets of a dead man on the ship.
(d) Rummage around four bodies to find the door to the inner cabin.

8. What does the girl say when they have built a fire and given her food and water?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mother.
(c) Thank you.
(d) Father.

9. On what type of crew does Nailer work?
(a) An electrical crew.
(b) A plumbing crew.
(c) A farm crew.
(d) A light crew.

10. Why do Nailer and his friends cry out in joy?
(a) A large clipper ship is approaching the harbor.
(b) Two tankers that were sunken have risen in the storm.
(c) Sadna and Richard emerge from the jungle.
(d) They notice one of the beached ships is full of unclaimed oil.

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

12. Why does Nailer wear a mask?
(a) The air contains little oxygen.
(b) Protection from asbestos and rat droppings.
(c) The air is full of sulfur.
(d) So he cannot be recognized by the child labor people.

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

14. How is Nailer seeing what he is doing?
(a) He's wearing a miner's cap.
(b) He has some phosphorescent gel smeared on his forehead.
(c) It's daylight, and he has no need for any extra light.
(d) He is holding a flashlight in his mouth.

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