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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. Why does Kathy's mother think she wears the hijab?
(a) For her children.
(b) To bother her family.
(c) To make people uncomfortable.
(d) For her husband.

2. Where does Kathy stay after hearing about the flood?
(a) Her brother's house.
(b) Her sister's house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Her mother's house.

3. How many properties does Zeitoun own?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. How does Zeitoun keep in touch with Kathy during the flood?
(a) Land line calls.
(b) Cell phone.
(c) Text message.
(d) E-mail.

5. Why is Zeitoun getting more work than normal at the beginning of the book?
(a) The holiday season is coming.
(b) A hurricane is coming.
(c) He has more time.
(d) His just graduated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zeitoun use for fishing as a child?

2. How does Zeitoun save special items from the flood?

3. What does Kathy want saved from the flood?

4. What kind of boat helps the single woman found by Zeitoun?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

2. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

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

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

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

7. What is a hijab?

8. What is the contraflow?

9. How does Zeitoun prepare for the predicted flooding?

10. What drove Kathy away from Christianity?

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