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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. Where does Kathy stay after hearing about the flood?

2. What country was Zeitoun born in?

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

4. What kind of fish did Zeitoun fish for as a child?

5. What does Kathy want saved from the flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a hijab?

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

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

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

5. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

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

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

9. What makes Zeitoun feel nervous the night after the storm?

10. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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"?

Essay Topic 2

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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