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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used as the sail of the boat?
(a) They have no sail.
(b) Shirts sewn together.
(c) Tarps.
(d) Sheets.

2. What does the first narrator say the sea smells like?
(a) Death.
(b) Salt.
(c) Every fish you have ever eaten.
(d) Vomit.

3. What happened to the male narrator's mother the last time he saw her?
(a) She was killed by soldiers
(b) His mother died in childbirth.
(c) His mother is in the boat with him.
(d) She fainted as he was sailing away.

4. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Catholic.
(d) They are not religious.

5. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?
(a) "Like royalty."
(b) "Like dogs."
(c) "Like prisoners."
(d) "Like slaves."

6. What is the male narrator afraid might happen once they get deep at sea?
(a) Getting a sunburn.
(b) The narrator does not say.
(c) Getting lost.
(d) Having nightmares.

7. What was the male narrator's last memory of his mother?
(a) Giving him money for his trip.
(b) At home making dinner.
(c) Her fainting by the ocean.
(d) Waving goodbye at the port.

8. What does the male narrator try to buy from the women on board?
(a) A hat.
(b) Paper.
(c) Food.
(d) A keepsake.

9. What does the male narrator have with him besides the notebook?
(a) A hat.
(b) A pipe.
(c) Two gourds in change.
(d) A Swiss Army knife.

10. Why does the male narrator refer to Agwé?
(a) Because Agwe is the captain.
(b) Because Agwe talks to him
(c) Because he has to throw his possessions overboard.
(d) Because Agwe will protect him.

11. What did the first narrator like about the radio show?
(a) The freedom of speech.
(b) The narrator didn't like the radio show.
(c) Being a rebel.
(d) The music.

12. Where does the radio pick up a broadcast from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Miami.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Cuba.

13. Where are the people on the boat sailing towards?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) The United States.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Haiti.

14. Who is the father of Celianne's baby?
(a) Celianne is not pregnant.
(b) The narrator.
(c) A forbidden lover.
(d) She is not sure; she was raped.

15. What is the male narrator afraid might attract sharks?
(a) Throwing the dead baby in the water.
(b) Singing songs.
(c) Throwing possessions overboard.
(d) Applying tar to patch holes in the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the soldiers make Celianne's brother do?

2. What does the male narrator say are the only newborn babies he has ever seen?

3. What is the first narrator's name?

4. What does the first narrator say lies beyond the mountains?

5. Fill in the blanks: "Someone says, Krik? You answer _______."

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