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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. When does Zeitoun's wife hear the warnings about Katrina?

2. Why can't Zeitoun personally help the single woman he finds?

3. Where does the extra water in the yard come from after the storm?

4. What does the strange sound that wakes Zeitoun up remind him of?

5. How does Zeitoun keep in touch with Kathy during the flood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Zeitoun's daughters do the night before the storm?

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

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

6. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

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

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

10. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discrimination was a theme of this book that was very important to many of the characters involved. Where did this theme of discrimination present itself, and how did these occurrences affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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

How do Zeitoun and his family respond to the traumatic trials they endure in this book?

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