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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 is Zeitoun's occupation?
(a) Driver.
(b) Professor.
(c) Contractor.
(d) Substitute teacher.

2. Where would Zeitoun sell the fish he caught as a child?
(a) The old pier.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) The market.
(d) A restaurant.

3. How far from the coast would Zeitoun go to fish as a child?
(a) One half kilometer.
(b) One mile.
(c) One kilometer.
(d) One half mile.

4. Who did Zeitoun give all his fishing money to?
(a) His father.
(b) The church.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His mother.

5. What kind of bait does Zeitoun use when fishing as a child?
(a) Plankton.
(b) Minnows.
(c) Corn.
(d) Sardines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the area so uncomfortable during the flood?

2. Why does Kathy decide to visit Yuko?

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

4. Who does Zeitoun seek out the second day of the flood?

5. What is Frank desperate for when Zeitoun sees him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the contraflow?

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

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

5. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

6. How does Zeitoun prepare for the predicted flooding?

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

8. What image from the wreckage of the flood is the hardest on Zeitoun?

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

10. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

(see the answer keys)

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