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

2. What does Zeitoun say the dogs in the neighborhood sound like during the flood?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

3. What does Kathy want saved from the flood?
(a) Her box.
(b) Her jewelery.
(c) All of these.
(d) Her china.

4. How does Zeitoun keep in touch with Kathy during the flood?
(a) Land line calls.
(b) Cell phone.
(c) E-mail.
(d) Text message.

5. How does Zeitoun save special items from the flood?
(a) He moves them to the basement.
(b) He carries them to the second floor.
(c) He loads them in the canoe.
(d) He puts them in a time capsule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the strange sound that wakes Zeitoun up remind him of?

2. How many years have passed since Zeitoun's fishing days?

3. Who did Zeitoun give all his fishing money to?

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

5. Where does the extra water in the yard come from after the storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What image from the wreckage of the flood is the hardest on Zeitoun?

3. What is the contraflow?

4. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

5. What makes it hard for Zeitoun to sleep at night after the second day of the flood?

6. How did Zeitoun's relationship with his wife progress when they first met?

7. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

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

9. How does Zeitoun spread food and water without using up his own supply?

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

(see the answer keys)

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