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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Nailer walks through the door of his home?
(a) He smells something dead.
(b) His father says something.
(c) He steps on a body.
(d) His father strikes a match.

2. What worries Nailer?
(a) His sister starving.
(b) Bapi being angry that he let the oil into the water.
(c) Not making his quota.
(d) Sloth getting revenge.

3. Why does Nailer have to go to his house instead of Pima's?
(a) To tell his father about what happened that day.
(b) He needs his spare set of clothes.
(c) The storm is coming too fast to get to Pima's house.
(d) His father sends word for him to come home.

4. Where does Nailer go for help?
(a) Bapi.
(b) The police.
(c) Sadna.
(d) Nowhere.

5. Where do Nailer and Pima find a clipper ship?
(a) Partly aground on the north side of the island.
(b) In the forest canopy.
(c) Anchored just off shore.
(d) Nestled in trees deep in the jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pima hand Nailer a knife?

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

3. After how much use is the mask supposed to be discarded?

4. What does Nailer watch as he lies down outside the tanker after work?

5. How is Nailer seeing what he is doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nailer doing as the novel opens?

2. What are the few people's reaction that see Nailer immediately after he pops up to the water's surface and why do they react the way they do?

3. What is Nailer's solution to not trusting the girl they rescue?

4. What does the girl ask Nailer when she wakes and what is his reaction?

5. Where is Nailer crawling when he goes back end and what does he think of concerning Jackson Boy?

6. What do Nailer and Pima learn about who Lucky Girl really is?

7. How does Nailer fee about Bright Sands?

8. Who cares for Nailer's wounds?

9. Describe the confrontation between Nailer and Bapi.

10. What is wrong with Nailer and why will it be difficult to cure?

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