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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. Who teases Zeitoun about forgetting his daughter?
(a) His brother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His wife.

2. How much older than his wife is Zeitoun?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

5. Why does Zeitoun go by his last name?
(a) His buddies always called him that.
(b) He shares his father's name.
(c) His name changed when he migrated.
(d) His first is hard to pronounce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Zeitoun's wife follow?

2. What is the elderly couple in the neighborhood doing to get attention?

3. What does Kathy want saved from the flood?

4. What status does New Orleans have during the flood?

5. What is Zeitoun's oldest brother famously good at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

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

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

7. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

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

9. What is the contraflow?

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

(see the answer keys)

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