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

2. What interrupts Zeitoun's morning prayers during the flood?
(a) Barking dogs.
(b) A phone call.
(c) Rushing water.
(d) A helicopter.

3. What is Zeitoun's brother's name?
(a) Allafan.
(b) Abdorama.
(c) Achmar.
(d) Ahmad.

4. Where was Ahmad from?
(a) Lebanon.
(b) Syria.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Pakistan.

5. What is the name of Zeitoun's oldest brother?
(a) Mockli.
(b) Manami.
(c) Mohommed.
(d) Mahatma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Zeitoun think about his family in the homeland?

3. Where does Yuko live?

4. What is the name of Zeitoun's wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

2. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

3. What drove Kathy away from Christianity?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

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

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