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

2. How is Zachary different from his siblings?
(a) He is from a different marriage.
(b) He has a mental disability.
(c) He is a citizen.
(d) He has light skin.

3. What did Zeitoun use for fishing as a child?
(a) Nets.
(b) Poles.
(c) All of these.
(d) Spears.

4. What time of day would Zeitoun fish when he was a child?
(a) All of these.
(b) Noon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Night.

5. What is Zeitoun waiting for at the beginning of the book?
(a) For his children to wake up.
(b) For the electricity to come back on.
(c) For the alarm clock to ring.
(d) For his wife to cough.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kathy stay after hearing about the flood?

2. What does Zeitoun refuse to do during the flood?

3. What does Zeitoun use for light at night during the flood?

4. How many children does Zeitoun have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

3. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

4. What is a hijab?

5. What is the contraflow?

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

7. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

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

9. Why did the mayor tell citizens to be armed with an axe if they did not evacuate?

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

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