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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nailer mark Lucky Girl?
(a) He does not mark her as it would devalue her.
(b) With blood on her tongue.
(c) With blood on her face.
(d) With a tatto of blue ink on her palm.

2. What does Nailer finally notice?
(a) His foot is half gone.
(b) His left hand is broken.
(c) He is black from head to toe.
(d) He is bleeding.

3. What has Lucky Strike offered others until ship breaking begins?
(a) Food and water on credit.
(b) A place to gather.
(c) Small jobs to earn money.
(d) Some fuel for cooking.

4. Who is Sadna?
(a) Sloth's mother.
(b) Pima's mother.
(c) Bipa's wife.
(d) Nailer's cousin.

5. How long has Nailer owned the mask he wears?
(a) About 3 days.
(b) Years.
(c) One day.
(d) Two weeks.

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

7. What does Nailer know of one thing he does not have in his life?
(a) Luck.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Opportunity.

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

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

10. 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.

11. Who does Pima see coming their way?
(a) A clipper ship.
(b) Bapti.
(c) Richard and his thugs.
(d) Sadna.

12. How long could Nailer's head injury take to heal?
(a) Weeks.
(b) A day or two.
(c) Many days.
(d) Several months.

13. What could the rich girl's fingers have been to Nailer?
(a) Fate amulets.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A reminder of the capriciousness of life.
(d) A way to prove his claim.

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

15. What does the rich girl say her father will do?
(a) Pay richly for her return.
(b) Give them jobs on clipper ships.
(c) Search for them all if she is harmed and have them arrested.
(d) Give them their own clipper ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nailer's crew share?

2. Why is Nailer hesitant about seeing Richard?

3. What do Nailer and Pima find in the engineering room?

4. Who is Nita Chaudhury?

5. What is clear about Nailer's injury?

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