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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. Where does Zeitoun sleep when his bed won't do during the storm?
(a) The couch.
(b) The roof.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The bathtub.

2. What does the yard look like after Zeitoun is awoken by a strange sound?
(a) A dump.
(b) A sea.
(c) A wasteland.
(d) A swamp.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kathy's mother think she wears the hijab?

2. What is Zeitoun waiting for at the beginning of the book?

3. How do Zeitoun and his wife keep in touch all day?

4. Where was Ahmad from?

5. How old is Zachary at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zeitoun's relationship with his wife progress when they first met?

2. How does Zeitoun prepare for the predicted flooding?

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

4. What is a hijab?

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

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

7. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

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

9. What is the contraflow?

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

(see the answer keys)

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