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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Zeitoun and Frank know each other?

2. How long does Zeitoun say recovery will take when he sees the flood?

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

4. What does Zeitoun refuse to do during the flood?

5. Who did Zeitoun fish with as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

3. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

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

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

6. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

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

8. What is the contraflow?

9. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

10. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot and why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Zeitoun's religion affect his life for both good and bad throughout the plot of this book?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in "Zeitoun"?

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