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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zeitoun refuse to do during the flood?
(a) All of these.
(b) Work with strangers.
(c) Leave the city.
(d) Listen to the radio.

2. Why does Zeitoun refuse to leave during the flood?
(a) It would take too much time.
(b) It would cost too much money.
(c) He feels he has a purpose there.
(d) He wants to protect his home.

3. Where does Zeitoun's brother live?
(a) Syria.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Iran.
(d) Spain.

4. How do Zeitoun and Frank know each other?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) They do not know each other at all.
(c) They work together.
(d) They are neighbors.

5. How does Zeitoun figure out there the extra water is coming from after the storm?
(a) He sees that it is not salt water.
(b) He sees that it have reeds in it.
(c) He watches the heavy rain fall.
(d) He sees it flowing from the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zeitoun waiting for at the beginning of the book?

2. What is the elderly couple in the neighborhood doing to get attention?

3. How do Zeitoun and his wife keep in touch all day?

4. What status does New Orleans have during the flood?

5. What kind of boat helps the single woman found by Zeitoun?

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