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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. What does Zeitoun's wife think about the news reports about Katrina?

2. What city was Zeitoun born in?

3. What contaminates the water in the flood?

4. How old was Zeitoun's wife when he met her?

5. What time of day would Zeitoun fish when he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Zeitoun when he gets to the Tulane campus?

2. How did Zeitoun begin his sea-faring career?

3. What drove Kathy away from Christianity?

4. What is the contraflow?

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

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

7. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

8. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

10. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout "Zeitoun"?

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