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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Alec awoken on the ship in the middle of the night in Chapter 2?
(a) The Black licks him.
(b) The Captain shakes him.
(c) He is tossed from his bed during a storm.
(d) A siren wails.

2. In Chapter 2, what happens to one of the men who had helped bring the Black aboard the ship?
(a) He drowns while attempting to jump into a lifeboat.
(b) He slits his wrists.
(c) He tries to take Alec's lifejacket.
(d) He drowns trying to save the Black.

3. What does Alec see up ahead after he notices he and the Black are going into the waves rather than against them in Chapter 2?
(a) A small island.
(b) A forest.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Larger buildings.

4. What does Alec uses to fill the holes in his driftwood shelter on the island?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Mud.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Sand.

5. Where is Alec's ship heading to before he boards another to the U.S. in Chapter 1?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Luxembourg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boards the ship at the Arab port which draw attention?

2. What does Alec's uncle give to him on his birthday?

3. What does Alec find on the rocks at the shoreline which he remembers from biology class is edible?

4. What American state is Alec from?

5. How does Alec stay with the Black after they are tossed from the ship in Chapter 2?

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