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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks Kathy about the image she sees of her house?
(a) The floating body.
(b) How peaceful it looks.
(c) The blood on the roof.
(d) The gross water.

2. What does the bus terminal look like to Zeitoun when he gets there?
(a) A military stronghold.
(b) Complete chaos.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A battle ground.

3. What reminds Zeitoun of Abu Ghraib?
(a) The dogs.
(b) The language.
(c) The cages.
(d) The flood lights.

4. What is becoming infected on Zeitoun while he is arrested?
(a) All of these.
(b) A splinter.
(c) A cut.
(d) A bruise.

5. What makes Zeitoun's children sad during the flood?
(a) Their school is destroyed.
(b) They think their dogs died.
(c) They know their house is ruined.
(d) They miss their father.

6. Why does Zeitoun worry about getting special attention from military men?
(a) He doesn't speak good English.
(b) He has no ID.
(c) He is Arab.
(d) He was a marine.

7. What causes Kathy to worry when she is in Phoenix?
(a) Zeitoun stops calling her.
(b) Her mother is mad at her.
(c) Their house is still under water.
(d) Her kids can't go to school.

8. What lie does Kathy tell her children to keep them calm?
(a) She knows when they can return.
(b) Zeitoun is coming to join them.
(c) They are going back to their grandma's house.
(d) She has talked to Zeitoun recently.

9. What is found in Nasser's bag when he is being processed?
(a) Some ammo.
(b) Fake IDs.
(c) $10,000.
(d) All of these.

10. How many soldiers are present when Zeitoun is strip searched?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

11. What kind of bus is Zeitoun put on when he is taken to the Hunt Correctional Center?
(a) A school bus.
(b) A military bus.
(c) A tour bus.
(d) A greyhound bus.

12. Where does Nasser say he got what is found in his bag during processing?
(a) It was on the street.
(b) He took it from his office.
(c) He got it in an abandoned house.
(d) It is his.

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

14. Why does Kathy call the Clairborne house?
(a) It is the only property with a working phone.
(b) Her friend lives there.
(c) FEMA officials are near it.
(d) Hearing the message gives her comfort.

15. What is sprayed all over one of the prisoners?
(a) Lotion.
(b) Dirty water.
(c) Disinfectant.
(d) Pepper Spray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mean name does a soldier call Zeitoun at the bus terminal?

2. What year does this take place in?

3. What does Zeitoun say the men breaking into house do not look like?

4. Where is the Darkening Found?

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

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