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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 does Kathy tease Zeitoun about when she hears about the flood?
(a) He told her to come home.
(b) He didn't renew the flood insurance.
(c) He can't swim.
(d) He gets to play at the lake.

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

3. Where does the extra water in the yard come from after the storm?
(a) The gutters.
(b) The sea.
(c) The lake.
(d) The rain.

4. Who did Zeitoun give all his fishing money to?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The church.
(d) His uncle.

5. Where would Zeitoun sell the fish he caught as a child?
(a) The market.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A warehouse.
(d) The old pier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day would Zeitoun fish when he was a child?

2. What is the elderly couple in the neighborhood doing to get attention?

3. How much older than his wife is Zeitoun?

4. When does Zeitoun's wife hear the warnings about Katrina?

5. How do Zeitoun and his wife keep in touch all day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What drove Kathy away from Christianity?

5. What is the contraflow?

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

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

8. Why does Zeitoun not check out his office when he originally plans?

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

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

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