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

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

3. What kind of boat helps the single woman found by Zeitoun?
(a) Canoe.
(b) Fishing boat.
(c) Kayak.
(d) Military boat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Zeitoun go by his last name?

3. What makes Zeitoun enthusiastic during the flood?

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

5. What is Frank desperate for when Zeitoun sees him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the contraflow?

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

3. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

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

6. What do Zeitoun's daughters do the night before the storm?

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

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

9. What is a hijab?

10. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

(see the answer keys)

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