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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 city was Zeitoun born in?
(a) Jatia.
(b) Jabba.
(c) Jaoubet.
(d) Jableh.

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

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

4. How many years have passed since Zeitoun's fishing days?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 34.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What items from childhood does Zeitoun save from the flood?

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

3. Where does Zeitoun's brother live?

4. Why can't Zeitoun sleep in his bed during the flood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a hijab?

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

4. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

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

6. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

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

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

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

10. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

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