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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 the death toll in New Orleans when Kathy's kids go to the new school?
(a) 179.
(b) 79.
(c) 379.
(d) 279.

2. What mean name does a soldier call Zeitoun at the bus terminal?
(a) Terrorist.
(b) Assassin.
(c) Taliban.
(d) Intruder.

3. How does Kathy cheer her daughters up during the flood?
(a) She assures them the dog is safe.
(b) She lets them call their father.
(c) She says they get to pick new furniture.
(d) She lets them choose a new school.

4. Where does Nasser say he got what is found in his bag during processing?
(a) It was on the street.
(b) He got it in an abandoned house.
(c) It is his.
(d) He took it from his office.

5. Who takes Zeitoun's missing the worst?
(a) Zachary.
(b) Ahmad.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Aisha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Zeitoun's children sad during the flood?

2. How does Kathy think her husband might have been injured?

3. What keeps Ahmad semi-calm while Zeitoun is missing?

4. What does Todd say he was using the item that was taken from him for?

5. What are the men breaking into Zeitoun's house dressed in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kathy try to get a hold of Zeitoun when he goes missing?

2. What good news comes to Kathy after she learns her husband has been arrested?

3. Why don't Zeitoun and Nasser talk much while in their cell?

4. What makes Kathy decide to put her kids in a school in Phoenix?

5. Why is Ahmad so upset when he learns that Zeitoun is in prison?

6. How does Kathy see the damage to her house, and how does she respond?

7. How does Kathy hear where her husband has been?

8. Why hasn't Kathy been able to hear from Zeitoun for two weeks?

9. What does Kathy have to do to fulfill the bail requirements for her husband?

10. What causes the mayor to delay the reopening of the city?

(see the answer keys)

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