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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 Zeitoun use for light at night during the flood?
(a) His cell phone.
(b) Candles.
(c) Gas lamps.
(d) A flashlight.

2. How do Zeitoun and Frank know each other?
(a) They do not know each other at all.
(b) They work together.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They are neighbors.

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

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

5. What makes Zeitoun enthusiastic during the flood?
(a) He saves people.
(b) He repairs some damage.
(c) He talks to his wife.
(d) He makes money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Zeitoun's wife when he met her?

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

3. Where would Zeitoun sell the fish he caught as a child?

4. What does the yard look like after Zeitoun is awoken by a strange sound?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a hijab?

2. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

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

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

6. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

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

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

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

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

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