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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 shocks Nailer when he emerges from the trees?
(a) Most everyone is dead.
(b) The beach is swept empty.
(c) Two of the tankers are completely beached.
(d) Despite the storm's ferocity, almost everything is still standing.

2. Why does Nailer mark where he has ended his scavenge?
(a) So he can keep track of his pay.
(b) So others will leave it alone.
(c) So he will find the end the next day.
(d) So he will not waste time going back down the same tunnel.

3. What has Lucky Strike offered others until ship breaking begins?
(a) Some fuel for cooking.
(b) A place to gather.
(c) Small jobs to earn money.
(d) Food and water on credit.

4. What shocks Nailer and Pima when they are on board the clipper?
(a) The smell.
(b) The dead bodies.
(c) The value of objects on board.
(d) The way the ship shifts.

5. How do Pima and Nailer survive the winds and rain?
(a) Digging a cave in the side of the hill.
(b) Clinging to trees.
(c) Tying themselves to fence posts.
(d) Climbing a hill inland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nailer watch as he lies down outside the tanker after work?

2. What does Nailer find on his first dive?

3. To whom is Richard grateful?

4. What happens when Nailer walks through the door of his home?

5. How does Nailer manage to avoid a beating from his father?

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