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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contaminates the water in the flood?
(a) Food.
(b) Debris.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Zeitoun's wife think about the news reports about Katrina?
(a) They are exaggerated.
(b) They are completely false.
(c) They are right on.
(d) They are upsetting.

3. What is Zeitoun's occupation?
(a) Contractor.
(b) Driver.
(c) Substitute teacher.
(d) Professor.

4. What time of day would Zeitoun fish when he was a child?
(a) Morning.
(b) Night.
(c) Noon.
(d) All of these.

5. Who does Zeitoun seek out the second day of the flood?
(a) His properties.
(b) Elderly people.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Military men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers turn the bus depot into?

2. When does Zeitoun's wife hear the warnings about Katrina?

3. When does Zeitoun think about his family in the homeland?

4. Why does Zeitoun refuse to leave during the flood?

5. What problem arises when Zeitoun and Nasser are put in the same cell?

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