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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kathy do on the floor with Nademah?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Prays.
(c) Sings.
(d) Colors.

2. What does Zeitoun use for light at night during the flood?
(a) His cell phone.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) Candles.
(d) Gas lamps.

3. Why is Zeitoun getting more work than normal at the beginning of the book?
(a) His just graduated.
(b) He has more time.
(c) A hurricane is coming.
(d) The holiday season is coming.

4. What causes the mayor to cancel the reopening of the city?
(a) The second hurricane.
(b) The gangs.
(c) The military orders.
(d) The second levy break.

5. How does Kathy learn of the death toll in New Orleans?
(a) She reads it in a magazine.
(b) She hears it on the radio.
(c) She hears it on the news.
(d) She sees it in a FEMA report.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yuko look for information about Zeitoun?

2. What is Zeitoun's brother's name?

3. How does Zeitoun treat his infection while he is arrested?

4. How does Kathy think her husband might have been injured?

5. How does Kathy feel about the family in Syria while her husband is missing?

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