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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Katrina?
(a) A truck.
(b) A tree.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A tornado.

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

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

4. Why does Kathy decide to visit Yuko?
(a) To be closer to Zeitoun.
(b) To keep her children safe.
(c) To get some work done.
(d) To avoid her family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zeitoun get around the neighborhood during the flood?

2. How does Zeitoun figure out there the extra water is coming from after the storm?

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

4. How long was Zeitoun's brother a sea captain?

5. How old was Zeitoun when he began fishing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alvin ask Zeitoun to do for him?

2. Where does Zeitoun get some MREs, and what does he do with them?

3. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

4. What does Zeitoun plan to do after his family evacuates?

5. What surprises Zeitoun when he gets to the Tulane campus?

6. How does Zeitoun prepare for the predicted flooding?

7. Why does Zeitoun tell Kathy he can't leave New Orleans at the beginning of the flood?

8. What is the contraflow?

9. How did Zeitoun begin his sea-faring career?

10. What does Zeitoun do when he hears about a bloated body?

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