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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pima start thinking about immediately after seeing the clipper ship?
(a) Re-floating it.
(b) What he'll do with the wealth.
(c) Keeping it secret and scavenging it.
(d) Working on it.

2. What is one problem Pima thinks about concerning the clipper ship?
(a) It will have to lighten its load to refloat.
(b) It is dangerous to scavenge in their position.
(c) It may belong to dangerous men.
(d) It may still have live people on board.

3. What does Nailer finally notice?
(a) He is black from head to toe.
(b) He is bleeding.
(c) His foot is half gone.
(d) His left hand is broken.

4. What does Nailer's crew share?
(a) Nailer's luck.
(b) News about Sloth.
(c) A pigeon and some liquor.
(d) A chicken and some beer.

5. What happens when Nailer walks through the door of his home?
(a) His father strikes a match.
(b) He steps on a body.
(c) He smells something dead.
(d) His father says something.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Richard grateful?

2. How does Nailer explain why he took so long to get what he gathered?

3. What happens when Nailer presses the knife against the rich girl?

4. What do Nailer and Pima find in the engineering room?

5. What does Nailer feel as he propels himself out of the water?

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