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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kathy tease Zeitoun about when she hears about the flood?
(a) He can't swim.
(b) He gets to play at the lake.
(c) He told her to come home.
(d) He didn't renew the flood insurance.

2. How long does Zeitoun say recovery will take when he sees the flood?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Hours.
(d) Years.

3. What religion does Zeitoun's wife follow?
(a) Buddism.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Catholocism.

4. Why does Zeitoun go by his last name?
(a) His first is hard to pronounce.
(b) His name changed when he migrated.
(c) He shares his father's name.
(d) His buddies always called him that.

5. What makes the area so uncomfortable during the flood?
(a) The sirens.
(b) The animal howls.
(c) The silence.
(d) The humidity.

6. Where does Yuko live?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Miami.
(d) Salt Lake.

7. What country was Zeitoun born in?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Iran.
(d) Syria.

8. When does Zeitoun think about his family in the homeland?
(a) When he eats dinner.
(b) When he drives to work.
(c) When he gets letters.
(d) When he goes to church.

9. What is the name of Zeitoun's wife?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Kallie.
(d) Katie.

10. How old is Zachary at the beginning of the book?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

11. What is Zeitoun's brother's name?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Abdorama.
(c) Achmar.
(d) Allafan.

12. How much water is in the house after the first day of flooding?
(a) 7 feet.
(b) 13 feet.
(c) 11 feet.
(d) 9 feet.

13. What is Zeitoun's oldest brother famously good at?
(a) Painting.
(b) Golfing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Doctoring.

14. What is the elderly couple in the neighborhood doing to get attention?
(a) Waving a white sheet.
(b) Playing loud music.
(c) Shooting up flares.
(d) Shouting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older than his wife is Zeitoun?

2. What does Zeitoun's wife think about the news reports about Katrina?

3. Where does Zeitoun sleep when his bed won't do during the storm?

4. What kind of bait does Zeitoun use when fishing as a child?

5. What did Zeitoun use for fishing as a child?

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