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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. Who is best at stripping wires from ancient tankers?
(a) Anyone who wants good money.
(b) Trained dogs.
(c) Small children.
(d) Strong men.

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

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

4. What does Nailer's crew share?
(a) News about Sloth.
(b) Nailer's luck.
(c) A chicken and some beer.
(d) A pigeon and some liquor.

5. Why has Bapi cancelled the next day's work?
(a) The accountant can catch up with the inventory.
(b) Nailer can heal.
(c) A storm is coming in.
(d) There is a festival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pima start thinking about immediately after seeing the clipper ship?

2. What does the rich girl ask Nailer when she wakes?

3. What does Pima do despite gagging?

4. How does Sadna care for Nailer?

5. What room does Nailer find as he is searching through the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nailer get out of the oil and the ship?

2. What do the three do the next morning?

3. What is the attitude about luck among Nailer's community and how will that affect Nailer's relationship to others after his almost dying.?

4. What does Nailer think about clipper ships?

5. How does Nailer feel about Richard, and what saves Nailer from a beating when he gets home after his oil experience?

6. What do Pima and Nailer find in the galley that makes it obvious that this is a massive Lucky Strike?

7. What happens during the storm and immediately in the aftermath of the storm?

8. Why are Pima and Nailer shocked by what they find on the clipper ship?

9. What does the crew think will happen to Sloth?

10. How does the girl try to ensure that Nailer and Pima will not change their minds and kill her?

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