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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yuko look for information about Zeitoun?
(a) She calls FEMA.
(b) She calls friends in the area.
(c) She calls the military.
(d) She calls the Red Cross.

2. What do the soldiers turn the bus depot into?
(a) A prison.
(b) A helicopter pad.
(c) A hospital.
(d) An evacuation site.

3. How does Zeitoun treat his infection while he is arrested?
(a) He prays.
(b) He cuts it out.
(c) He buys some disinfectant.
(d) He makes a poultice.

4. What does Kathy do when her kids are in school the first day?
(a) Call her homes.
(b) Fret and worry.
(c) Crochet blankets.
(d) Sleep.

5. What does Zeitoun say the men breaking into house do not look like?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Official.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Dangerous.

6. What problem arises when Zeitoun and Nasser are put in the same cell?
(a) They are pit against each other.
(b) They are called gay lovers.
(c) They are made fun of for their religion.
(d) All of these.

7. When did Zeitoun's worries about special attention from military men begin?
(a) 9/11.
(b) His 30th birthday.
(c) When he converted to Islam.
(d) When he immigrated.

8. What helps Kathy to stay calm as long as she does?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her connection to Zeitoun.
(c) Her illness.
(d) Her faith.

9. What is the death toll when Kathy picks her kids up from the new school?
(a) 323.
(b) 423.
(c) 123.
(d) 523.

10. How does Kathy cheer her daughters up during the flood?
(a) She says they get to pick new furniture.
(b) She lets them choose a new school.
(c) She assures them the dog is safe.
(d) She lets them call their father.

11. Who is paying for Zeitoun's incarceration?
(a) Homeland security.
(b) The FBI.
(c) FEMA.
(d) The government.

12. Where does Ahmad want to fly to offer help?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Baton Rouge.

13. How does Kathy think her husband might have been injured?
(a) He got sick.
(b) He was hurt while helping others.
(c) He was attacked.
(d) He slipped off the roof.

14. What brings on a lot of scorn to Zeitoun from the guards?
(a) He cries.
(b) He asks about his wife.
(c) He prays.
(d) All of these.

15. Who does Kathy ask for help in finding her husband?
(a) God.
(b) FEMA officials.
(c) Police men.
(d) Friends in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Zeitoun think he is being arrested at first?

2. What is involved in the criminal processing?

3. Who takes Zeitoun's missing the worst?

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

5. How many men break into Zeitoun's house?

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